File:Chart of the battle off Cherbourg. LOC gvhs01.vhs00168.tif

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English: The map charts the course of the two ships in Cherbourg Harbor and in the British Channel off the coast of Cherbourg, France. Made by the British for the Confederacy and captained by Raphael Semmes the C.S.S. Alabama was a blockade runner. Spotted by the U.S.S. Kearsarge, the Alabama was cornered and sunk.
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Chart of the battle off Cherbourg.
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https://www.loc.gov/item/001-CABIB20009756/
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Source https://www.loc.gov/item/gvhs01.vhs00168/
Author Sneden, Robert Knox
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United States · Cherbourg · France
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Military Battles And Campaigns · American Memory · Civil War Maps · Geography And Map Division
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Cherbourg · Civil War · France · United States · Kearsarge (Sloop) · Alabama (Screw Sloop) · Naval Operations · History

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