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American Civil War. Raphael Semmes ( / sɪmz / SIMZ; September 27, 1809 – August 30, 1877) was an officer in the Confederate Navy during the American Civil War. He was previously a serving officer in the US Navy from 1826 to 1860. During the American Civil War, Semmes was captain of the cruiser CSS Alabama, the most successful commerce raider ...
The two-year voyage of the CSS Alabama had covered a distance of approximately 75,000 miles [50] which equates to just over 21,700 leagues [51] and Jules Verne may have chosen Captain Nemo’s motto of ‘Mobilis in Mobile’ [52] quite simply because the captain of the CSS Alabama – Raphael Semmes, was a resident of Mobile, Alabama. [53]
Map of Mobile Bay, 1861: shows Fort Gaines (lower center) on Dauphin Island, west of Fort Morgan, across the bay entrance. The city of Mobile is situated near the head of Mobile Bay, where a natural harbor is formed by the meeting of the Mobile and Tensaw rivers. The bay is about 33 mi (53 km) long; the lower bay is about 23 mi (37 km) at its ...
History of Alabama. Mobile was founded as the capital of colonial French Louisiana in 1702 and remained a part of New France for over 60 years. During 1720, when France warred with Spain, Mobile was on the battlefront, so the capital moved west to Biloxi. [1] In 1763, Britain took control of the colony following their victory in the Seven Years ...
Mobile (/ m oʊ ˈ b iː l / moh-BEEL, French: ⓘ) is a city and the county seat of Mobile County, Alabama, United States.The population was 187,041 at the 2020 census. [8] [9] After a successful vote to annex areas west of the city limits in July 2023, Mobile's population increased to 204,689 residents, making it the second-most populous city in Alabama, after Huntsville. [11]
CSS Gaines was a wooden side wheel gunboat, weighing 863 tons, [1] constructed by the Confederates at Mobile, Alabama, during 1861–62. The ship was hastily built with unseasoned wood, which was partially covered with 2-inch iron plating.
A map of Mobile Bay and surroundings during the American Civil War. Mobile, Alabama, during the American Civil War was an important port city on the Gulf of Mexico for the Confederate States of America. Mobile fell to the Union Army late in the war following successful attacks on the defenses of Mobile Bay by the Union Navy .
From 1911 to 1985, Mobile was governed by a three-member city commission. The office of Mayor of Mobile rotated between the members of the commission and was the title given to the President of the Commission. The last directly elected mayor before the institution of the commission was Patrick J. Lyons. He was the 40th mayor of Mobile.