Raphael Semmes Confederate Admiral, American Civil War Autograph Display''Rare
Raphael Semmes [1809 1877] was an admiral in the Confederate States Navy during the American Civil War who previously served in the United States Navy from 1826 until the outbreak of the Civil War. During the American Civil War, Captain Semmes commanded the cruiser CSS Alabama, the most successful commerce raider in maritime history, taking 65 prizes. Semmes commanded the Alabama against the USS Kearsarge during one of the most famous naval engagements of the Civil War which took place outside the port in Cherbourg, France. Later in the war he was promoted to rear admiral. The display is centered around two period carte-de-visite photo cards, one of the admiral and the other is the CSS Alabama.
The cards measure 4.00 x 2.50 inches, in fine condition and are quite rare themselves. The autograph is signed on a card,''R.The card measures 4.00 x 2.25 inches is in fine condition with trivial toning on the right edge. [Note, the plaque appears dark in the scans, it is due to our camera]. Mounted below is a professionally engraved plaque,''Admiral Raphael Semmes Confederate States Navy 1809 - 1877. Raphael Semmes was an officer in the Confederate Navy during the American Civil War.
He had previously served as an officer of the United States Navy from 1826 to 1860. During the American Civil War, Semmes was captain of the U. Alabama, the most successful commerce raider in maritime history, taking 65 prizes.
On June 19, 1864, Captain Semmes while commanding the Alabama, engaged in one of the most famous naval engagements of the Civil War against the USS Kearsarge outside the port of Cherbourg, France''. The display has been professional doubled matted in a black outer swede matte and accented with a gold inner matte. The display has been completed in a black/gold ornate wood frame to the dimensions of 14.00 x 12.00 inches. The autograph of admiral Semmes is quite rare to obtain, this is a desirable example, authentic, signed with rank and tastefully framed. Absolutely no disappointments or simply return. The following is a sample of our inventory, Harry Houdini, Marilyn Monroe, George Custer, Elvis Presley, U. Roosevelt, Theodore Roosevelt, James Garfield, James Monroe, Erwin Rommel, Robert Oppenheimer, Bela Lugosi, Boris Karloff, Ernest Hemingway, Abner Doubleday, Auguste Bartholdi, Buffalo Bill Cody, Walt Whitman, Charles Dickens, Margaret Mitchell, Thomas Edison, Charles Lindbergh, Amelia Earhart, Alexander Graham Bell, Laurel & Hardy, Charlie Chaplin, George Patton, Gutzon Borglum, Samuel F. Morse, Brigham Young, Wernher von Braun, Lon Chaney Jr, P. Barnum, Apollo Astronaut crews, and many more. Our policy is simple, all our autographs are researched and guaranteed authentic with''No'' time limits.