The Cruise of the Alabama and the Sumter From the Private Journals and Other Papers of Commander R. Semmes, C.S.N., and Other Officers by Semmes, Raphael, 1809-1877 is presented here as a catalogued digital edition in the Modern Nations section of hicde.com.

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The extracted text contains approximately 138,505 words, corresponding to an estimated 603 minutes of reading, and is divided into 12 detectable text sections. These figures describe the downloaded text file rather than a printed pagination system.

The automated text analysis reports an average sentence length of about 19.6 words and a measured lexical-diversity value of 0.068. These measurements are descriptive reading aids, not literary ratings.

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The source record associates this edition with the following subjects: United States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 -- Naval operations, Alabama (Screw sloop), Sumter (Confederate cruiser), Confederate States of America. Navy. Catalog terms may reflect historical library practice and can be broader or narrower than a modern reader’s interpretation.

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