Memoirs of Service Afloat, During the War Between the States
1869
Memoirs of Service Afloat, During the War Between the States
1869
Published in 1869, 'Memoirs of Service Afloat' by Raphael Semmes is a personal narrative detailing his experiences as a Confederate naval officer during the American Civil War. Semmes, a prominent figure in the Confederate Navy, commanded the cruisers Sumter and Alabama, capturing or destroying numerous Federal vessels. This memoir serves as both a historical account and a defense of the Confederate cause, reflecting Semmes's Southern perspective and his disdain for the portrayal of the Confederacy in post-war narratives. It is notable for being the first major Southern memoir published after the Civil War.
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“Must the howling Demos devour everything gentle in the land, and reduce us all to the common level of the pot-house politician, and compel us to use his slang? Radicalism seemed to be now, just what it had been in the great French Revolution, a sort of mad-dog virus; every one who was inoculated with it, becoming rabid.””
— Raphael Semmes
“Liberty is always destroyed by the multitude, in the name of liberty.””
— Raphael Semmes
“The Puritan, if he had been whipped, would have been a capital secessionist, and as meek, and humble as we could have desired. He would have been the first to make a "perpetual" alliance with us, and to offer us inducements to give him the benefits of our trade. After the first drubbing we gave him, at Manassas, he was disposed to be quite reasonable, and the Federal Congress passed the conciliatory resolution I have quoted in a previous chapter, intimating to us, that if we would come back, slavery should be secure in the States, and our "rights and dignity" remain unimpaired. But as he gained strength, he gained courage, and as the war progressed, and it became evident that we should be beaten, he began to talk of traitors, and treason.””
— Raphael Semmes
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