Project Gutenberg 2011-01-02 Public domain in the USA. 387 Semmes, Raphael 1809 1877 03015611 Memoirs of Service Afloat, During the War Between the States 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) "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.) Reading ease score: 62.2 (8th & 9th grade). Neither easy nor difficult to read. en United States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 -- Personal narratives, Confederate Alabama (Screw sloop) Confederate States of America. Navy -- Biography Semmes, Raphael, 1809-1877 Admirals -- Confederate States of America -- Biography United States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 -- Naval operations, Confederate E456 Text US Civil War Browsing: Biographies Browsing: History - American Browsing: History - Warfare Category: Biographies Category: History - American Category: History - Modern (1750+) Category: History - Warfare 2048089 2025-06-14T09:00:38.359513 text/html 2087797 2011-01-02T15:41:55 text/html; charset=iso-8859-1 2194078 2011-01-02T15:46:28 text/html; charset=iso-8859-1 application/zip 2450657 2025-06-14T09:01:06.863880 application/epub+zip 2476879 2025-06-14T09:00:45.919962 application/epub+zip 893460 2025-06-14T09:00:42.629470 application/epub+zip 3123590 2025-06-14T09:01:22.635760 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 2957392 2025-06-14T09:01:03.365912 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 1245217 2022-09-16T05:23:13.921665 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 1934949 2025-06-14T09:00:35.306546 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 1934372 2011-01-02T15:34:58 text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 727189 2011-01-02T15:34:58 text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 application/zip 1934965 2011-01-02T15:34:58 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 726974 2011-01-02T15:34:59 text/plain; charset=us-ascii application/zip 22460 2025-06-14T09:01:22.829735 application/rdf+xml 25780 2025-06-14T09:00:43.307421 image/jpeg 4934 2025-06-14T09:00:42.966491 image/jpeg 2301921 2025-06-14T09:00:38.616465 application/octet-stream application/zip Archives containing the RDF files for *all* our books can be downloaded at https://book.klll.cc/wiki/Gutenberg:Feeds#The_Complete_Project_Gutenberg_Catalog en.wikipedia