2020-07 2 sessions
This lot is closed for bidding. Bidding ended on 7/23/2020
Articles on the Confederate Cruiser Alabama, from THE CENTURY MAGAZINE, April 1886, one titled LIFE ON THE ALABAMA, by one of the Crew, 10p. illustrated with 10 halftone and woodcut engravings including "The Confederate Cruiser 'Alabama'"; "Ship Ahoy!"; "Invitation to Heave to" ; "Looting a Prize"; "Diversion on Deck"; "Christmas at Arcas Keys"; "Quelling a Riot on the 'Alabama'"; "The First Shot that Struck us made the Ship Reel"; "Captain John McIntosh Kell, Executive Officer of the 'Alabama'";. The article details the events of the Alabama from victory against the U.S. Steamer 'Hatteras' to cruising to Jamaica and the coast of San Domingo to being sunk by the "Kearsarge'. Dramatic telling by crew member on board the ship from 1862-63...plus; CRUISE AND COMBATS OF THE ALABAMA, by her Executive Officer, Jno. McIntosh Kell, 12p. quarto, illustrated with 11 halftone and woodcut engravings including "Rear-Admiral Raphael Semmes, Captain of the 'Alabama'"; "Chart of the Cruise of the Alabama"; "A Clipper Escaping from the 'Alabama'"; "Chart of the Action"; "An Eleven-inch Shell Bursting on the 'Alabama'"; "Assistant-Surgeon David Herbert Llewellyn"; "Returning for the wounded"; "Sinking of the Alabama"; "The 'Alabama' Settled Stern foremost, Launching Her Bows High in the Air"; and "The United States Screw-Sloop 'Kearsarge' at the Time of the Encounter with the 'Alabama'...plus; "The Duel between the 'Alabama' and the 'Kearsarge', by the Surgeon of the 'Kearsarge', John M. Browne, 12p. illustrated with 10 halftone and woodcut engravings including "Rear-Admiral John A. Winslow, Captain of the 'Kearsarge'; "The Crew of the 'Kearsarge' at Quarters"; "Captain James S. Thornton, Executive Officer of the 'Kearsarge'; "The Eleven-Inch Forward Pivot-Gun in Action on the 'Kearsarge'"; "On the 'Kearsarge' and Captain of the Forward pivot Gun"; "WILLIAM Smith, Quartermaster of the 'Kearsarge' and Captain of the After Pivot-gun, Which it was Said Inflicted the Most Damage on the Alabama"; "Close of the Combat - the 'Kearsarge' Getting into Position to Rake the 'Alabama'"; "The Boat from the 'Alabama' Announcing the Surrender and Asking for Assistance"; "The Shell in the Stern-post of the 'Kearsarge'." Removed, else VG.
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