The Cruise of the Alabama and the Sumter / From the Private Journals and Other Papers of Commander R. Semmes, C.S.N., and Other Officers

by Raphael Semmes

Benjamin Tucker—Of New Bedford, from New Bedford (whaling). Captured 14th September, 1862, off Flores. Valued. at $18,000.

Burned.

Bethia Thayer—Of Maine. Captured 1st March, 1863, in lat. 29° 50' N., long. 38° 31' W. Valued at $40,000.

Released on bond.

Brilliant—Of New York, from New York to Liverpool. Captured 3d October, 1862, in lat. 39° 58' N., long. 50° 00' W. Valued at $164,000.

Burned.

Charles Hill—Of Boston, from Liverpool to Monte Video. Captured 25th March, 1863, in lat. 1° 22', long. 26° 08'. Valued at $28,450.

Burned.

Chastelaine—Of Boston, from Martinique to Cienfuegos. Captured 27th January, 1863, in lat. 17° 19' N., long. 72° 21' W. Valued at $10,000. Burned.

Contest—Of the United States, from Yokohama, Japan, to New York. Captured 11th November, 1863, in lat. 4° 48' S., long. 106° 49' E. Valued at $122,815.