The Cruise of C. S. S. Sumter

Abby Bradford aboard Sumter Alabama American anchor arrived ashore blockade Brazil brig British Brooklyn Cadiz Candé Captain captured cargo Chapman chase Cienfuegos Civil coal Commander Semmes commerce raider Confederacy Confederate cruiser Confederate States Navy crew Crol cruise Cuba Curaçao Daniel Trowbridge deck diplomatic Dutch enemy fact Federal flag French Gibraltar Golden Rocket governor guns harbor Havana hereinafter Hester Hillyar Iroquois Journal of Sumter July later Lieutenant Luis Maranhão marine Martinique Mason merchant merchantman Myers naval neutrality neutrality proclamation officers Orleans Palmer Paramaribo passim Pike pilot pirate Port of Spain Porter Powhatan prisoners Private Journal prize proclamation Puerto Cabello ransom bond Raphael Semmes received Register sail sailors Saint Pierre São Luis Secretary Semmes to Mallory Semmes wrote Sept Seward ship ship's South Spanish Sprague steam steamer Union navy Union warships United States consul United States Navy vessel waters Yankee