Semmes and Officers of the CSS Sumter

Confederate Commander Raphael Semmes, seated center, poses here with the officers of the CSS Sumter, a Confederate Navy raider that captured 18 U.S. merchant ships during the early years of the Civil War.

Officers of the CSS Sumter on deck including Commander Raphael Semmes, circa 1861
Courtesy of the U.S. Naval Historical Center

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Officers of the CSS Sumter on deck including Commander Raphael Semmes, circa 1861