An Englishman's View of the Battle between the Alabama and the Kearsarge

An Englishman's View of the Battle between the Alabama and the Kearsarge - An Account of the Naval Engagement in the British Channel, on Sunday June 19th, 1864

THE NAVAL ENGAGEMENT IN THE BRITISH CHANNEL, ON SUNDAY, JUNE 19TH, 1864. FROM INFORMATION PERSONALLY OBTAINED IN THE TOWN OF CHERBOURG, AS WELL AS FROM THE OFFICERS AND CREW OF THE UNITED STATES SLOOP-OF-WAR KEARSARGE, AND THE WOUNDED AND PRISONERS OF THE CONFEDERATE PRIVATEER. Entered, according to Act of Congress, in the year 1864, By ANSON D. F. RANDOLPH, In the Clerks Office of the District Court of the United States for the Southern District of New York. The writer of this pamphlet is an English gentleman of intelligence now residing in London, who has spent some time in this country, and is known and esteemed by many of our best citizens. He visited Cherbourg for the express purpose of making the inquiry and investigation, the results of which are embodied in the following pages, and generously devotes the pecuniary results of his copyright to the funds of the Sanitary Commission. The importance of the engagement between the United States Sloop-of-war, Kearsarge, and the Confederate Privateer, Alabama, cannot be estimated by the size of the two vessels. The conflict off Cherbourg on Sunday, the 19th of June, was the first decisive engagement between shipping propelled by steam, and the first test of the merits of modern naval artillery. It was, moreover, a contest for superiority between the ordnance of Europe and America, whilst the result furnishes us with data wherefrom to estimate the relative advantages of rifled and smooth-bore cannon at short range. ......Buy Now (To Read More)

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Ebook Number: 36988
Author: Edge, Frederick Milnes
Release Date: Aug 6, 2011
Format: eBook
Language: English