Total War: March to September 1864Disaster at Cold Harbor |
What was the scene like at Cherbourg, France? |
Knowing that Semmes would come out to challenge the Kearsarge, most of the population of Cherbourg and half the population of Paris, some claimed, came to observe the action.
Under the command of Captain Raphael Semmes, the CSS Alabama helped the South significantly by interrupting Union trade in the Atlantic from 1862 to 1864.