02819cam a22003733u 450000100060000000300070000600500170001300600020003000700050003200800410003701000130007804000110009104100170010205000090011910000320012824500650016026400510022530000470027633600260032333700260034933800360037550000310041150802260044252013280066853400450199665300890204165300260213065300530215665300310220965300590224065300860229985600430238599900170242834827UtSlPG20260610133808.0mcr n260607r2011||||utu|||||o|||||||||||||| d  a03015611  aUtSlPG 7aen2iso639-1 4aE4561 aSemmes, Raphael,d1809-187710aMemoirs of Service Afloat, During the War Between the States 1aSalt Lake City, UT :bProject Gutenberg,c2011  a1 online resource :bmultiple file formats  atextbtxt2rdacontent  acomputerbc2rdamedia  aonline resourcebcr2rdacarrier  aRelease date is 2011-01-02  aE-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)  a"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.)  nOriginal publication data not identified  aUnited States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 -- Personal narratives, Confederate  aAlabama (Screw sloop)  aConfederate States of America. Navy -- Biography  aSemmes, Raphael, 1809-1877  aAdmirals -- Confederate States of America -- Biography  aUnited States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 -- Naval operations, Confederate40uhttps://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/34827  c75673d75673