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Pursuing coy maidens

150 years ago this month the CSS Alabama, commissioned on August 24, 1862 as a commerce raider and commanded by Raphael Semmes, began its career by capturing Yankee whaling ships around the Azores. The captured ships were burned after securing … Continue reading

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