Charge from Gideon Welles, secretary of the United States Navy, against Raphael Semmes, former commander of the C.S.S. Alabama.
The charge gives the details of the conflict between the C.S.S. Alabama and the U.S.S. Kearsarge, which took place around June 19, 1864. According to Welles, Semmes raised a white surrender flag, but escaped before he could be arrested, "for the purpose of avoiding the actual surrender of his p...
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Alabama Department of Archives and History
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| Online Access: | http://cdm17217.contentdm.oclc.org/cdm/ref/collection/voices/id/2673 |
| Summary: | The charge gives the details of the conflict between the C.S.S. Alabama and the U.S.S. Kearsarge, which took place around June 19, 1864. According to Welles, Semmes raised a white surrender flag, but escaped before he could be arrested, "for the purpose of avoiding the actual surrender of his person as a prisoner of war and the responsibilities thereby incurred; and did subsequently, without having been exchanged as a prisoner, engage in hostilities against the United States." |
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