JUNE 29, 1861:
The
commerce raider C.S.S. SUMTER is
ready for sea, Raphael Semmes commanding. Semmes was to later assume command of
the famous blockade runner C.S.S. ALABAMA, and would be both a Confederate
Admiral and General by war’s end, the only person in the New World to hold both
ranks simultaneously.
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