Statistics for occurrence #1 of “Commander Semmes” in chapter 14, page 290 of James Barnes, author of David G. Farragut, Naval Actions of 1812, Yank ee Ships and Yankee Sailors, Commodore Bainbridge , The Blockaders, and other naval and historical works, The Photographic History of The Civil War: in ten volumes, Thousands of Scenes Photographed 1861-65, with Text by many Special Authorities, Volume 6: The Navy.:
...line of steamers plying between Havana and New Orleans, was lying at her wharf in the latter city.
She was taken by the Government, renamed the Sumter, and refitted and armed under the direction of Commander Semmes .
She cruised in the Gulf, the Caribbean Sea, and the Atlantic, and succeeded in burning six American vessels with their cargoes.
Seventeen captures in all were made, of which two were ransomed an...
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