Semmes

[ semz ]

noun
  1. Raphael, 1809–77, Confederate admiral in the American Civil War.

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How to use Semmes in a sentence

  • The Daily Pic: Beverly Semmes's clay and Freddie Brice's paint collide in New York.

    An Insider Meets An Outsider | Blake Gopnik | October 23, 2012 | THE DAILY BEAST
  • Semmes lost six hundred and eighty-three killed and wounded, Wafford five hundred and sixty-two.

    The Boys of '61 | Charles Carleton Coffin.
  • Kershaw's and (p. 207) Wofford's brigades were on the right of the road; Semmes's and Mahone's on the other side.

    The Boys of '61 | Charles Carleton Coffin.
  • Wilcox and Semmes several times advanced upon Sedgwick, but were repulsed.

    The Boys of '61 | Charles Carleton Coffin.
  • In the January of that year, Raphael Semmes was seized and thrown into prison.

  • Semmes was picked up by a yacht, with forty sailors, the Kearsarge rescued some, and all the rest were drowned.

    The Blue and The Gray | A. R. White