CSS Alabama's New England Expeditionary Raid

CSS Alabama

The CSS Alabama's New England Expeditionary Raid commenced shortly after the CSS Alabama left the Azores and cruised west toward the northeastern seaboard of Newfoundland and New England along the North American coastline. The primary area of operation during this expeditionary raid, was the eastern seaboard of the United States ranging as far down as Virginia and Bermuda.

Raid overview

The CSS Alabama worked its way down the east coast during the month of October capturing three ships, and burning ten others, and encountering a hurricane along the way. Finally, departing station off the New England coast, she set sail for Martinique to rendezvous with her supply vessel, the CSS Agrippina, burning two more ships on the way.

From this raiding area off the coast of New England, the CSS Alabama made her way into the Caribbean Sea and the Gulf of Mexico to continue her unhindered wrecking of enemy commerce along the North American coastline.

Raid bounty

References

• Hearn, Chester G., Gray Raiders of the Sea, Louisiana State Press, 1996. ISBN 0-8071-2114-2
• Luraghi, Raimondo, A History of the Confederate Navy, U.S. Naval Institute Press, 1996. ISBN 1-55750-527-6

CSS Alabama
Leadership & Men	Raphael Semmes John McIntosh Kell James Dunwoody Bulloch Irvine Bulloch John Laird Sons and Company
Expeditionary Raids	Eastern Atlantic New England Gulf of Mexico South Atlantic South African Indian Ocean South Pacific
Yards & Ports of Call	Birkenhead Azores Cape Town Flores Island Corvo Island Martinique Simon's Town Cherbourg
Battles	Action off Galveston Light Battle of Cherbourg
List of ships of the Confederate States Navy