TY  - BOOK
AU  - Semmes,Raphael
TI  - Memoirs of Service Afloat, During the War Between the States
AV  - E456 
PY  - 2011///
CY  - Salt Lake City, UT
PB  - Project Gutenberg
KW  - United States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 -- Personal narratives, Confederate
KW  - Alabama (Screw sloop)
KW  - Confederate States of America. Navy -- Biography
KW  - Semmes, Raphael, 1809-1877
KW  - Admirals -- Confederate States of America -- Biography
KW  - United States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 -- Naval operations, Confederate
N1  - Release date is 2011-01-02; E-text prepared by Bryan Ness and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team (http://www.pgdp.net) from page images generously made available by Internet Archive/American Libraries (http://www.archive.org/details/americana); Original publication data not identified
N2  - "Memoirs of Service Afloat, During the War Between the States" by Admiral Raphael Semmes is a historical account written in the late 19th century. This work chronicles Semmes's experiences and reflections as an officer in the Confederate Navy during the American Civil War. It provides a vivid depiction of naval engagements and the broader socio-political contexts of the time, reflecting the author's perspectives as a Southern patriot.  The opening of the memoir establishes the author’s intent to provide a truthful portrayal of his experiences at sea during the war, emphasizing the need to document the Confederate struggle as a legitimate historical narrative. Semmes begins with a retrospective view on the tensions leading up to the Civil War, recounting the warnings from early American patriots like Patrick Henry regarding the threats to state sovereignty from a centralized federal government. He seeks to contextualize his narrative within the broader historical movements that justify the Confederacy's actions while expressing disdain for those who have not accurately represented these events. The memoir serves not just as a personal account, but as a defense of the Confederate cause, aiming to balance the historical narrative from a Southern perspective. (This is an automatically generated summary.)
UR  - https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/34827
ER  -