Hayes Lowe
CSS Alabama in China Sea
Mon Apr 23 08:47:02 2001


Of related interest, this is from an unpublished source[gleaned off of eBay]:

Merchant sailor James Smith wrote in a letter from Shanghai dated February 20th, 1864 that The "Alabama" and many other American ships are "cruising around the China Sea" and that there are a great many pirates about the China Sea. He talks about taking on cotton, bound for London.