Recently someone asked for more details on this sailors formal burial in Mobile, here they are. Mark

~ PUBLIC SERVICE ANNOUNCEMENT ~

Interment Services for Crew Member of the CSS Alabama

Raphael Semmes Camp 11, Sons of Confederate Veterans, will conduct funeral services for an unknown Confederate Crew Member of the CSS Alabama. He died, going down with his ship, on June 19, 1864, in a sea battle off Cherbourg, France.
His remains were recovered during salvage operations and are being conveyed to Camp 11 from the Navy Historic Center through the gracious services of the
CSS Alabama Association.
Ceremonies will consist of a Memorial Service, Wake, Funeral Procession, and Interment in Confederate Rest of Mobile’s Magnolia Cemetery.
His Memorial Service will be conducted July 26, 2007, in the Cathedral of the Immaculate Conception in Mobile, Alabama.
His Wake will be in the home of Admiral Raphael Semmes on Government Street, on July 28, 2007.
The Funeral Procession, route yet to be finalized, will take place July 28, 2007, culminating at Confederate Rest in Mobile’s Magnolia Cemetery, wherein this patriot’s remains will be interred among approximately 1100 of his fellow Confederate war dead.

CSS Alabama
Aide toi et Dieu t'aidera
Built for the Confederate States Navy at Birkenhead, England, in 1862 by John Laird Sons and Company
Commanded by Captain Raphael Semmes

Website: scvsemmes.org
CONTACT: A. J. DuPree
(251)473-1815