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CSS Alabama's South Atlantic Expeditionary Raid

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CSS Alabama{{'}}s South Atlantic Expeditionary Raid commenced shortly after the Confederate States Navy ship {{ship|CSS|Alabama}} left Haiti and the Caribbean Sea and cruised south toward Brazil in the south Atlantic Ocean. The raid lasted from about the beginning of February 1863 to the end of July 1863.

The primary area of operation during this expeditionary raid, was the Atlantic seaboard of South America starting from the northern end of Brazil then ranging up down along the Brazilian coast before finally heading east toward southern Africa.

Raid overview

CSS Alabama worked its way slowly down the east coast of Brazil in the most devastating of its seven raids, capturing or burning dozens of enemy Yankee vessels.

From this raiding area off the coast of Brazil, CSS Alabama made its way into the Indian Ocean by way of the Cape of Good Hope to continue its unhindered wrecking of enemy commerce in the Indian Ocean as far as Indonesia.

Raid bounty

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|+ CSS Alabama{{'}}s South Atlantic Expeditionary Raid

! Date !! Ship name !! Ship type !! Location !! Disposition of prize

style="background:#B0E0E6;" | February 3, 1863Palmetto??Burned
style="background:#B0E0E6;" | February 21, 1863Olive Jane?mid-AtlanticBurned
style="background:#B0E0E6;" | February 21, 1863Golden EagleExtreme Clippermid-AtlanticBurned
style="background:#B0E0E6;" | February 27, 1863Washington?mid-AtlanticCaptured and released
style="background:#B0E0E6;" | March 1, 1863Bethia Thayer???
style="background:#B0E0E6;" | March 2, 1863John A. Parks??Captured
style="background:#B0E0E6;" | March 15, 1863Punjab??Captured
style="background:#B0E0E6;" | March 23, 1863Charles Hill??Captured
style="background:#B0E0E6;" | March 23, 1863Morning StarBoston clipperNear St. PaulCaptured and released
style="background:#B0E0E6;" | March 23, 1863Nora??Captured
style="background:#B0E0E6;" | March 26, 1863King Fisher???
style="background:#B0E0E6;" | April 3, 1863Louisa Hatch??Captured
style="background:#B0E0E6;" | April 15, 1863Lafayette??Captured
style="background:#B0E0E6;" | April 15, 1863Kate CorySchooner converted to Brig?Captured / Burned
style="background:#B0E0E6;" | April 16, 1863Lafayette???
style="background:#B0E0E6;" | April 22, 1863NyeBark?Captured / Burned
style="background:#B0E0E6;" | April 23, 1863Dorcas Prince??Captured
style="background:#B0E0E6;" | May 3, 1863Union Jack??Captured
style="background:#B0E0E6;" | May 3, 1863Sea Lareta??Captured
style="background:#B0E0E6;" | May 25, 1863Gildersleeve??Captured
style="background:#B0E0E6;" | May 25, 1863Justina??Captured
style="background:#B0E0E6;" | May 29, 1863Jabez Snow??Captured
style="background:#B0E0E6;" | June 2, 1863Amazonian??Burned
style="background:#B0E0E6;" | June 4, 1863Azzapodi??Captured
style="background:#B0E0E6;" | June 4, 1863Queen of BeautyClipperOff BrazilCaptured and released
style="background:#B0E0E6;" | June 5, 1863Talismanmedium Clipper?Burned
style="background:#B0E0E6;" | June 20, 1863ConradBarkcoast of Brazilcommissioned as Tuscaloosa
style="background:#B0E0E6;" | July 1, 1863Anna F. Schmidt??Burned
style="background:#B0E0E6;" | July 6, 1863Express?Coast of BrazilBurned

References

  • Hearn, Chester G., Gray Raiders of the Sea, Louisiana State Press, 1996. {{ISBN|0-8071-2114-2}}
  • Howe and Matthews, American Clipper Ships 1833 - 1858 Volume I, Dover Publications, 1986. {{ISBN|0-486-25115-2}}
  • Luraghi, Raimondo, A History of the Confederate Navy, U.S. Naval Institute Press, 1996. {{ISBN|1-55750-527-6}}

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