CSS Alabama's New England Expeditionary Raid

CSS Alabama

The CSS Alabama's New England Expeditionary Raid commenced shortly after the CSS Alabama left the Azores and cruised west toward the northeastern seaboard of Newfoundland and New England along the North American coastline. The primary area of operation during this expeditionary raid, was the eastern seaboard of the United States ranging as far down as Virginia and Bermuda.

Raid overview

The CSS Alabama worked its way down the east coast during the month of October capturing three ships, and burning ten others, and encountering a hurricane along the way. Finally, departing station off the New England coast, she set sail for Martinique to rendezvous with her supply vessel, the CSS Agrippina, burning two more ships on the way.

From this raiding area off the coast of New England, the CSS Alabama made her way into the Caribbean Sea and the Gulf of Mexico to continue her unhindered wrecking of enemy commerce along the North American coastline.

Raid bounty

**CSS *Alabama's* New England Expeditionary Raid**
Date	Ship Name	Ship Type	Location	Disposition of Ship
October 3, 1862	Emily Farnum	Merchant	Near New England	Captured & let go
October 3, 1862	Brilliant	Merchant	Near New England	Burned
October 7, 1862	Wave Crest	Merchant	Near New England	Burned
October 7, 1862	Dunkirk	Merchant	Near New England	Burned
October 11, 1862	Tonawanda	Packet	Near New England	Captured & let go
October 11, 1862	Manchester	?	Near New England	Burned
October 15, 1862	Lamplighter	?	Near New England	Burned
October 21, 1862	Lafayette	?	Near New England	Burned
October 26, 1862	Crenshaw	Schooner	Near New England	Burned
October 28, 1862	Lauretta	?	Near St. George's Bank	Burned
October 29, 1862	Baron de Castine	Merchant	Near New York	Captured & let go
November 2, 1862	Levi Starbuck	Whaler	Off Virginia coast	Burned
November 8, 1862	T. B. Wales	East India trader	Near Bermuda	Burned

References

Hearn, Chester G., Gray Raiders of the Sea, Louisiana State Press, 1996. ISBN 0-8071-2114-2
Luraghi, Raimondo, A History of the Confederate Navy, U.S. Naval Institute Press, 1996. ISBN 1-55750-527-6

CSS Alabama

Leadership & Men	Raphael Semmes John McIntosh Kell James Dunwoody Bulloch Irvine Bulloch John Laird Sons and Company

Expeditionary Raids	Eastern Atlantic New England Gulf of Mexico South Atlantic South African Indian Ocean South Pacific

Yards & Ports of Call	Birkenhead Azores Cape Town Flores Island Corvo Island Martinique Simon's Town Cherbourg

Battles	Action off Galveston Light Battle of Cherbourg

List of ships of the Confederate States Navy

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