British History:

Alabama case

Alabama case. The Alabama was the largest of several commerce raiders built in Britain for the Confederate South in the American Civil War. The Alabama collected her armament outside Britain, and in two years of high seas raiding seized 62 merchantmen. She was finally sunk in June 1864 by the Union warship Kearsage. Arbitration in Switzerland in 1871 awarded higher damages against Britain than the sums claimed by the US government.

 
 
 

Join the WikiAnswers Q&A community. Post a question or answer questions about "Alabama case" at WikiAnswers.

 

Copyrights:

British History. A Dictionary of British History. Copyright © 2001, 2004 by Oxford University Press. All rights reserved.  Read more

Search for answers directly from your browser with the FREE Answers.com Toolbar!  
Click here to download now. 

Get Answers your way! Check out all our free tools and products.

On this page:   E-mail   print Print  Link  

 

Keep Reading

Mentioned In: