There is a yearly fee. It is not strange that during the years of Capt. He returned to Mobile and resumed his legal career.Semmes defended both his actions at sea and the political actions of the Southern states in his 1869 Memoirs of Service Afloat During The War Between the States.
Semmes is the eldest of six children born to his parents. Semmes was born in Charles County, Maryland, a cousin of future Confederate general Paul Jones Semmes and Union Navy Captain Alexander Alderman Semmes. F. C. Morris, a Presbyterian minister of Osceola, Ark. [i]Hatteras[/i]; the mercantile marine of the Union was almost driven off the high seas by the terror of these and other destructive cruisers (Encyc. His career as commander of the Confederate States steamers “Sumter” and “Alabama” have already become a matter of history.
He became extremely popular, and the nearby town of Captain Raphael Semmes standing by his ship's 110-pounder rifled cannon and his executive officer, 1st Lieutenant John M. Kell, standing by the ship's wheel.In April 1861 Semmes was accepted into the Confederate Navy as a commander and was sent to New Orleans, Louisiana to convert the steamer Semmes was forced to sell his ship, and he and his crew then traveled on to England where he was promoted to From England, Semmes made his way back to America via Cuba and from there a safe shore landing on the Texas gulf coast; it took his small party many weeks of journeying through the war-devastated South before he was finally able to make his way to the Confederate capital. He was extremely popular there, and the town of Semmes, Alabama was named after him. Gifted by nature with an indomitable spirit of perseverance, and a refined taste, a thorough and complete collegiate education expanded these, teaching him to see a beauty and harmony in nature, while the study of law and the practice of that profession illustrated by many valuable examples the study of mankind. Semmes is the eldest of six children born to sisters, Mrs. Luke E. Wright and Mrs. Charles B. Bryan, and youngest brother, Raphael Semmes, live in Memphis, Tenn. Mr. Semmes lost his wife in 1877, and his second marriage took place in 1881, to his present wife, who was originally Miss Frances H. Morris, daughter of the late Rev. The citizens of Mobile presented Semmes with what became known as the Raphael Semmes House in 1871, and it remained his residence until his death. True to his convictions, he enlisted in the Confederate service, as second lieutenant in the First Regiment of Louisiana Infantry (regulars), commanded by the late Gen. A. H. Gladden, and was promoted to the rank of captain. Salem, Essex County, Massachusetts, United States Springfield, Hampden County, Massachusetts, United States ... lionor of Knighthood.
[citation needed]He graduated from Charlotte Hall Military Academy and entered the U. S. Navy as a midshipman in 1826. At that time he was commander, and on duty at Washington as a member of the lighthouse board. During this cruise, Alabama captured 65 U. S. merchantmen and quickly destroyed the Union warship the USS Hatteras off Galveston, TX.The Alabama returned to the Atlantic and made port in Cherbourg, France, where she was blockaded by the Union sloop-of-war, USS Kearsarge. Mr. Semmes was married to Miss Pauline Semmes, a daughter of the late Gen. Paul J. Semmes, of Columbus, Ga. (who was killed at the battle of Gettysburg), in 1863, and the fruits of this union are five children, three sons, Paul J., Raphael and Oliver, and two daughter, Mary and Anna. As Alabama was going down by the stern, Semmes threw his sword into the sea, depriving Kearsage's Captain John Ancrum Winslow the traditional ceremony of having it handed to him as the victor. Mr. Semmes was married to Miss Pauline Semmes, a daughter of the late Gen. Paul J. Semmes, of Columbus, Ga. (who was killed at the battle of Gettysburg), in 1863, and the fruits of this union are five children, three sons, Paul J., Raphael and Oliver, and two daughters, Mary and Anna. Oliver M Spencer, of Cincinnati, Ohio, whose father removed to that place as one of the pioneer settlers from Elizabeth, N.J., in the latter part of the last century.
While a youth he received his education at the Jesuit College (Spring Hill), near Mobile, Ala., from which institution he graduated in 1855. Here, amid an impoverished population, and where strife and turmoil reigned for many years, fortune was hard to win, and many trials lay beside his path; yet, from the first, his ability, moral courage, purity and truth of character were recognized by all. OBITUARY 0 : . The economy in the administration of the county affairs during his term of office, in which time the court-house was erected under his supervision, was the redeemed pledge of his faith fulness and care. While a youth he received his education at the Jesuit College (Spring Hill) near Mobile, Ala., from which institution he graduated in 1855. His indomitable will soon won him a leading place at the Osceola bar, while his election to the office of county judge was an unsought expression of the people's confidence and esteem.
Admiral Semmes entered the United States Navy as a lad of fourteen, where he remained until he resigned his commission, to take part in the late war, in behalf of the Confederatos. While a youth he received his education at the Jesuit College (Spring Hill) near Mobile, Ala., from which institution he graduated in 1855. The mother of the subject of this sketch is a daughter of the late Rev. Springfield, Hampden County, Massachusetts, United States ... house, which was quite old, was not insured.
To this union were born three children: Spencer, Frank Morris, and Catherine. Lee's army, however, was already cut-off from Richmond, so most of Semmes' men boarded a train and escaped to join Joseph E. Johnston's army in North Carolina. His eldest brother, Oliver J. Semmes, and eldest sister, Mrs. Colston, reside in Mobile, Ala. His next two sisters, Mrs. Luke E. Wright and Mrs. Charles B. Bryan, and youngest brother, Raphael Semmes, live in Memphis, Tenn. His father was the late Admiral Raphael Semmes, of Confederate fame, whose ancestors came to America with Lord Baltimore, and settled in Maryland. He went through the war under Gen. Bragg, in the Army of the Tennessee, and was a participant in the battles of Shiloh, Murfreesboro, Chickamauga, Missionary Ridge, Atlanta, Etc.