MOBILE, Ala. -- One of the guns of the Confederate raider CSS Alabama has been delivered to The Museum of Mobile and will become the centerpiece in the 700-square-foot exhibit gallery set to open ...

AUBURN, Alabama -- Auburn University's Ralph Brown Draughon Library has accepted a collection of 19th-century historical items, including a letter signed by Raphael Semmes, captain of the Confederate ...

On June 19, 1864, the Union sloop-of-war USS Kearsarge laid in wait outside the French port of Cherbourg for the Confederate commerce raider CSS Alabama. The Confederate warship had wreaked havoc on ...

The story of the Confederate privateer ship CSS Alabama and its captain, Raphael Semmes. The story of the Confederate privateer ship CSS Alabama and its captain, Raphael Semmes. Built secretly in ...

The Alabama sank 55 ships in a career of only 18 monthsThis model is from the shipbuilder's own collection, thought to have been made within a few years of building the actual ship, the Alabama. It is ...

The battle between the USS Kearsarge and the CSS Alabama, which took place on June 19, 1864, in the English Channel just off the coast of Cherbourg, France, was one of the most spectacular naval ...

A cannon from the deck of the CSS Alabama, the famous Confederate raider, goes on display at the Warren Lasch Conservation Center this weekend. The 5,000-pound gun, recovered from the shipwreck in the ...

In August l861, James Bulloch commissioned another "merchant" ship, from the Birkenhead company of John Laird. The Laird family had been building ships on the Mersey for many years. John’s father ...

A cannon from the deck of the CSS Alabama, the famous Confederate raider, goes on display at the Warren Lasch Conservation Center this weekend. The 5,000-pound gun, recovered from the shipwreck in the ...

In August l861, James Bulloch commissioned another "merchant" ship, from the Birkenhead company of John Laird. The Laird family had been building ships on the Mersey for many years. John’s father ...