An edition of Two years on the Alabama
(1895)
Two years on the Alabama
by Arthur Sinclair
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Alabama (Cruiser), Alabama (Screw sloop), Alabama (Ship), Biography, Confederate Naval operations, Confederate Personal narratives, Confederate States of America, Confederate States of America. Navy, History, Military life, Naval operations, Privateering, Sailors, United States Civil War, 1861-1865, WarshipsPeople
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Table of Contents
Chapter 1: Introductory
Chapter 2: Escape from the Mersey, and fitting out at the Azores
Chapter 3: Getting acquainted with the new ship; her good qualities; personnel of officers and crew; drilling; our first prize; the old flag lowered
Chapter 4: A stern chase; on Newfoundland Banks; the cyclone; off New York; Southward ho! A new main-yard ; Martinique; escape from the cruiser San Jacinto; the run to Blanquilla; cruising after the California treasure steamer; capture of the Ariel
Chapter 5: Into the Gulf of Mexico; at the Arcas Islands; off Galveston; the Hatteras fight
Chapter 6: The Hatteras prisoners on board; at Kingston, Jamaica; trouble with Jack; adieu to Fort Royal; foraging for provisions; baffling winds; a cargo of wines and liquors; enemies' ships getting scarce; disposing of prisoners at sea; in the Brazilian high road; washing-days for Jack
Chapter 7: At Fernando de Naronha; a coal-ship; Bahia, in the trade-winds; sowing the sea with pianos; capture of the Conrad; commissioning of the Tuscaloosa; voyage to the Cape of Good Hope
Chapter 8: Saldanha Bay; repairing ship; death of Cummings; capture of the Sea-Bride; reception at Cape Town; the cruiser Vanderbilt; nasty weather
Chapter 9: We make a deal; a chance of handling prize-money; adventurous customers; sale of the Sea-Bride; fishing; the Vanderbilt again; second visit to Cape Town
Chapter 10: From Cape Town to the East Indies; ocean roads and currents; dividing poor Jack's effects; island of St. Paul; drilling; more prizes; Pulo Condore; enjoying life; Singapore
Chapter 11: English hospitality; idle American shipping in port; a fight with Yankee skippers; a cab-race; a generous offer; U.S. gunboat Wyoming; a suspicious case; Semmes as boarding-officer; Christmas in the Malacca Straits; a boat fleet
Chapter 12: Westward ho! summing up results; sunny seas; routine work; pictures of ship life; a barmecide feast; Bay of Bengal; Ceylon; Malabar coast, a sea of fire; electric squalls
Chapter 13: Cape Town again; old friends; the newspaper man; bad news; reentering the Atlantic; the Rockingham; the tycoon; our last bonfire; we arrive at Cherbourg
Chapter 14: In the harbor of Cherbourg; French hospitality; arrival of the Kearsarge; the challenge; scrupulous neutrality; preparations for the fight; Mr. Lancaster's yacht; Commander Semmes's prevision
Chapter 15: The engagement.
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