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To the uttermost ends of the earth : the epic hunt for the South's most feared ship--and the greatest sea battle of the Civil War / Phil Keith with Tom Clavin.

By: Contributor(s): Publisher: Toronto, ON : Hanover Square Press, 2022Description: 316 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations, maps ; 24 cmISBN:
  • 9781335471413
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 973.7/54 23/eng/20220329
LOC classification:
  • E595.K2 K45 2022
Summary: On June 19, 1864, just off the coast of France, one of the most dramatic naval battles in history took place. On a clear day with windswept skies, the dreaded Confederate raider Alabama faced the Union warship Kearsarge in an all-or-nothing fight to the finish, the outcome of which would effectively end the threat of the Confederacy on the high seas. Authors Phil Keith and Tom Clavin introduce some of the crucial but historically overlooked players, including John Winslow, captain of the USS Kearsarge, as well as Raphael Semmes, captain of the CSS Alabama. Readers will sail aboard the Kearsarge as Winslow embarks for Europe with a set of simple orders from the secretary of the navy: "Travel to the uttermost ends of the earth, if necessary, to find and destroy the Alabama." Winslow pursued Semmes in a spectacular fourteen-month chase over international waters, culminating in what would become the climactic sea battle of the Civil War.
Holdings
Item type Current library Call number Status Date due Barcode
900 - 999 Hanover Public Library Shelves 973.754 KEIT (Browse shelf(Opens below)) Available 31906001218693

Includes bibliographical references (pages 297-301) and index.

On June 19, 1864, just off the coast of France, one of the most dramatic naval battles in history took place. On a clear day with windswept skies, the dreaded Confederate raider Alabama faced the Union warship Kearsarge in an all-or-nothing fight to the finish, the outcome of which would effectively end the threat of the Confederacy on the high seas.
Authors Phil Keith and Tom Clavin introduce some of the crucial but historically overlooked players, including John Winslow, captain of the USS Kearsarge, as well as Raphael Semmes, captain of the CSS Alabama. Readers will sail aboard the Kearsarge as Winslow embarks for Europe with a set of simple orders from the secretary of the navy: "Travel to the uttermost ends of the earth, if necessary, to find and destroy the Alabama."
Winslow pursued Semmes in a spectacular fourteen-month chase over international waters, culminating in what would become the climactic sea battle of the Civil War.

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