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God didn’t make them any better than

Raphael Semmes

During the Abraham Lincoln War, the captain of the cruiser CSS Alabama, the most successful commerce raider in all maritime history of the world, taking 65 enemy ships captive.  

 

The H L Hunley

On February 17th, 1864, 

 became the first successful combat submarine in world history with the sinking of an enemy ship,  USS Housatonic  That enemy ship was preventing food and medicine from reaching the patriotic citizens of  Charleston South Carolina.

Lincoln Cutthroats 

In mid-May, 1863, after six months of unsuccessful attempts, Maj. Gen. Hiram Grant’s Army of the Tennessee finally converged on Vicksburg.  They attack the city twice and both times were repulsed with heavy casualties.  So the Lincoln cutthroats surrounds the city and do nothing for nearly seven weeks.  The American Confederate Soldiers due to a lack of food and medicine surrender.  Grant is a hero for winning this battle.

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