biography
pronunciation:
[semz]
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| (1809–77)
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| biography:
| Confederate naval officer, born in Charles Co, Maryland, USA. He joined the US Navy in 1826, and was called to the bar in 1834. On the outbreak of the Civil War he first commanded the confederate raider Sumter, and then the Alabama, with which he captured 82 vessels, nearly all of which were sunk or burned. In 1864, the Alabama was sunk in action off Cherbourg by the US cruiser Kearsarge, but he escaped. |
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