Origin and History of the Alabama; Her Destruction of Our
Commerce; Eludes Our Cruisers; Discovered in Cherbourg Harbor by
Captain Winslow, of the United States Steamer Kearsarge; Semmes,
of the Alabama, Challenges Winslow; The Former is Escorted Beyond
the French Jurisdiction by the French Ironclad Couronne, June
19th, 1864; The Kearsarge Clears for Action; The Battle Opens;
Terrible Effects of the Latter’s Guns; The Alabama Soon Disabled
and Sinking; She Surrenders; An English Yacht, Permitted to Pick
Up the Prisoners, Among Whom are Captain Semmes and Other
Officers, Treacherously Makes Off With Them to England; Letter of
Secretary Welles to Winslow; Other Interesting Particulars. II-210