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Captain Semmes was spoiling for a fight—and Winslow of the U.S.S. Kearsarge was waiting for him, just off Cherbourg

Early in 1864 the Confederate States Steamer Alabama left the Indian Ocean and headed for European waters.

Long after the Civil War was over, the Shenandoah’s die-hard skipper was still sinking Yankee ships

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