Ghost of a flea: CSS Alabama and USS Kearsarge

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October 01, 2004

CSS Alabama and USS Kearsarge

The Civil War Preservation Trust has dedicated the first historic Civil War site outside the United States. In France.

On June 19, 1864, far from battlefields at home, the USS Kearsarge hunted down and sank a dreaded Confederate raider in one of the most important naval battles of the U.S. Civil War - off the coast of France.

The Confederate State Ship Alabama today lies where it sank under 198 feet of swirling currents about 7 nautical miles off the French town of Cherbourg.

Accounts of the battle are haunting to this day. The CSS Alabama Association has more details on the ship's history and recent excavations while the name USS Kearsarge has a more contemporary pedigree.

And then... Not to forget the USS Alabama.

Posted by Ghost of a flea at October 1, 2004 09:33 AM

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Nor should you forget this Alabama - which you can visit, in Mobile Bay - and not have to Damn the Torpedos!

http://www.ussalabama.com/

I recommend the visit should you ever make it that far south riding on the back of the travel-hound.

Posted by: John of Argghhh! at October 1, 2004 01:03 PM