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This print is after a work by artist Xanthus Smith.

Inscribed., Inscription: In the print recto, below image c: "WE FOUGHT HER UNTIL SHE WOULD NO LONGER SWIM-THEN WE GAVE HER / TO THE WAVES." / USS KEARSAGE vs. CSS ALABAMA-19 June 1864/ Bold and skilled Captain Raphael Semmes in CSS ALABAMA had long been sought by the Union Navy because during the course of the Civil War he had taken some 60 prizes valued at close to $6 million. ALABAMA reached / Cherbourg, France, where Semmes hoped to obtain permission to have her overhauled, which was sadly needed after a long cruise. However, when USS KEARSAGE, Captain John Winslow, appeared off the harbor, Semmes / coaled ship and took up the challenge. After an hour of steaming in a circle while firing continued KEARSAGE's heavier and more accurate fire, better ammunition and condition took its toll. ALABAMA went down by the stern. / l.l.: OIL BY XANTHUS SMITH; l.r.: FRANKLIN D. ROOSEVELT LIBRARY