Keywords: Statue of Rear Admiral Semmes of the C.S. Navy, Mobile, Alabama LCCN2010638119.tif 1 photograph digital TIFF file color Notes Title date subject note and keywords provided by the photographer ; Gift; George F Landegger; 2010; DLC/PP-2010 090 ; Forms part of George F Landegger Collection of Alabama Photographs in Carol M Highsmith's America Project in the Carol M Highsmith Archive ; Credit line The George F Landegger Collection of Alabama Photographs in Carol M Highsmith's America Library of Congress Prints and Photographs Division ; Rear Admiral Raphael Semmes 1809-1877 was an officer in the United States Navy from 1826 to 1860 and the Confederate States Navy from 1860 to 1865 During the American Civil War he was captain of the famous commerce raider CSS Alabama taking a record sixty-nine prizes Late in the war he was promoted to admiral and also served briefly as a brigadier general in the Confederate States Army 2010 Creator Carol M Highsmith Library of Congress Catalog http //lccn loc gov/2010638119 Image download https //cdn loc gov/master/pnp/highsm/06700/06705a tif Original url http //hdl loc gov/loc pnp/highsm 06705 No known restrictions on publication LOC-image highsm 06705 PD-Highsmith Images uploaded by Fæ George F Landegger Collection of Alabama Photographs in Carol M Highsmith's America Project in the Carol M Highsmith Archive The George F Landegger Collection of Alabama Photographs in Carol M Highsmith's America Library of Congress Prints and Photographs Division Photographs by Carol M Highsmith |