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RAPHAEL SEMMES

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RAPHAEL SEMMES
<p><b><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:windowtext'>RAPHAEL SEMMES </span></b><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:Arial; color:windowtext'><BR><BR></span><b><span style='font-size:14.0pt;font-family:Arial; text-transform:uppercase'>Semmes Calls For “<i>Harmony Between The Sections</i>”</span></b><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:Arial; color:windowtext'><BR><BR>(1809-1877). Confederate rear admiral. As commander of the <i>CSS Alabama</i> on a two-year cruise, he was able to destroy or capture over 60 ships until the Union <i>USS Kearsage</i> sank it off Cherbourg in 1864. CDV portrait vignette identified at bottom mount in period ink. E & H T Anthony, NY, backstamp. Trimmed at top mount; light general toning; stain at bottom mount touching right left corner tip of photographic image. Plus lengthy sentiment on card, 4½"x3", “<i>The prompt, & permanent restoration of harmony between the Sections</i>.” Boldly penned and signed, adding “<i>Mobile, Nov. 8th 1873</i>.” Light general toning; minor abrasions on verso; o/w VG. Rare.</span></p>