Memoirs of Service Afloat During the Civil War. Raphael Semmes

"Memoirs of Service Afloat During the Civil War" is a book of Raphael Semmes' Civil War recollections. In this work Semmes defended both his actions at sea and the political actions of the southern states. The book is viewed as one of the most cogent but bitter defenses written about the South's «Lost Cause.»