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One of the McDonald's eateries is placed at 99 High Street, Brentwood, post code CM14 4RR, BRENTWOOD. This restaurant's internal name is McDonald's - Brentwood. This place is usually open on: Monday 07:00 - 21:00, Tuesday 07:00 - 21:00, Wednesday 07:00 - 21:00, Thursday 07:00 - 21:00, Friday 07:00 - 22:00. At weekends: on Saturday 07:00 - 22:00, on Sunday 07:00 - 21:00. For more detailed information please call the restaurant at the number 01277 224304.
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Bob Buford was born in 1939, the firstborn of Pat and Lucille Buford. He was born in Okulgee, Oklahoma, where he spent many of his childhood years. After the birth of his twin brothers, Geoffrey (Jeff) and Gerald (Jerry) the family moved to Texas, where Bob spent most of his life. Bob enjoyed backyard Bible stories with his family and played high school football.
Bob married the love of his life, Linda in 1961 and they had one son, Ross Buford.
Bob's mother, Lucille Buford, founded their family business, Buford Television, Inc., but her untimely death (when Bob was just thirty-two years old) came as quite a shock and an adjustment for the family and the business. Bob says of that time, "As a young man, the full weight of managing a family business had descended on my shoulders in my early thirties… My objective, starting from a small base, was to outgrow in percentage terms all the public companies in this business." And he did! Bob recalls, "Beginning in 1971, the year of my mother's death, our company's market value grew 25 percent annually for a dozen years – very heady times for a young CEO."
In response to Bob's early ascent as CEO of Buford Television, he read every management book he could get his hands on. He was particularly drawn to the writings of Peter Drucker, whom he sought out as a mentor in 1981. Bob said of Drucker, "Peter's thinking, so highly principled, felt as solid as granite to me. He wrote from a perspective that gave me the steel girders that framed the business practice that guided me through a forest of here-today-and-gone-tomorrow concepts. In Peter, I found a soul mate." Peter Drucker personally mentored Bob for a number of years, and Bob was one of Drucker's most devoted disciples. The two had a deep friendship and a beautifully productive camaraderie.
Bob was affiliated with and honored by many esteemed organizations. He was a graduate of the University of Texas at Austin and of the Owner Managed Program at the Harvard Business School. He played active roles in Young Presidents' Organization and World Presidents' Organization and served on the board of the Hauser Center for Nonprofit Organizations at Harvard. Buford was the 2000 recipient of The Samaritan Institute Award and the 2005 Christian Management Association Award. Lead Like Jesus presented Buford the 2008 Leadership Award and Roaring Lambs Ministry honored him in 2009. He was the 2010 recipient of the J. Erik Jonsson Ethics Award from SMU Cary M. Maguire Center for Ethics and Public Responsibility. In 2014, Bob was the honored recipient of Dallas Baptist University's distinguished Russel H. Perry Free Enterprise Award.
Along with his many successes, Bob suffered many personal losses in life. His father died when Bob was in the fifth grade. He and his wife, Linda, lost their only child, Ross, who tragically drowned at age 24.
Bob is survived by Linda Buford, his wife of 56 years and a brother, Geoffrey (Jeff) Buford of Tyler, Texas. He was preceded in death by brother, Gerald (Jerry) Buford.
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'''Consumerium analysis work in progress on social media''' == Free social media == === Consumium free social quartet === The main [[#Consumium free social|quartet]] of the '''free''' is '''Consumium free social''' as of 2016 hosts 4 free social media: * https://d.consumium.org [[#diaspora*|diaspora*]] since July 2013. * https://friendica.consumium.org [[#Friendica|Friendica]] since 2016 * https://hub.consumium.org [[#Hubzilla|Hubzilla]] since 2016 * https://social.consumium.org [[#GNU social|GNU social]] since 2016 Additionally there is a [[GNU MediaGoblin]] media hosting instance at https://media.consumium.org. Interesting to see when this will actually take off. ---- === Hubzilla === * '''Hubzilla''' [https://hubzilla.org/hubzilla/ (.org)] is a very nice free social media where membership is to the entire network, not only to an instance. * ''[https://hubzilla.nl/pubsites/ Hubzilla.nl list of public instances]''' ---- [[File:Diaspora large new.png|thumb|right|400px|Diaspora is a s free-of-ads free-of-charge social media that is zealous in protecting the privacy of the consumer and often has high content quality.]] === diaspora* === * '''[[diaspora]]*''' [https://wiki.diasporafoundation.org/Main_Page (diasporafoundation.org)] * '''[https://podupti.me/?advancedview=true PodUpTi.me diaspora* instances listing service]''' ---- [[File:Friendica_Logo.png|thumb|right|Friendica.]] === Friendica === * '''Friendica''' [http://friendica.com/ (.com)] is the least steep and long learning curve free social media alternative to [[#Facebook|Facebook]]. * The '''[http://dir.friendica.com/ Friendica Directory]''' is a place where you can find instances by location, groups, interesting tags and quite naturally people on the network ---- [[File:GNU-social-logo.svg|thumb|right|GNU social is a nice microblogging platform and network]] === GNU social === * '''GNU social''' [https://gnu.io/ (gnu.io)] * '''[http://www.fediverse.org/ Fediverse.org live GNU social instances listing]''' ---- == Forprofit social media == === Twitter === '''Twitter''' [https://twitter.com (.com)] is a well known ad funded [[w:microblogging]] platform. We are kind of there with the handle [https://twitter.com/consumium @consumium] since 2012. '''Read more on twitter''': * [[w:twitter]] ---- === Google+ === '''Google+''' [https://plus.google.com/ plus.google.com] is a foray into social media by Alphabet Corporation also known as Google. '''Read more on Google+''': * [[w:Google+]] ---- === Facebook === '''Facebook''' [https://www.facebook.com/ (.com)] is a well known ad funded social networking site that serves hundreds of millions of users every day. We are there with the handle [https://www.facebook.com/Consumium/ @consumium] since 2012 but the account didn't become public till 2015. They employ a modern approach to serving content, using a [[w:Content delivery network|CDN (Content delivery network)]] '''Read more on Facebook''': * [[w:Facebook]] == Former social media == * [[Tsu]] [https://tsu.co (.co)] was an interesting experiment where they copied the other services in clean cut implementation and gave 90% of their ad revenue to their users. It ran from 2014 to 2016.


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Medieval Weapons/
Halberd Weapon/
Halberd Medieval Weapon
A Halberd was a special kind of weapon which began to be used in parts of Europe in the 14th century and continued to be used until the 18th century. It had an unusual shape but it combined the elements of multiple weapons into a single weapon, making it highly effective and deadly in the hands of a good wielder. In shape, it was somewhat of a mix of a staff and an axe.
Halberd Weapon Definition
Halberd referred to a kind of weapon which comprised of a long shaft of wood at one end, like most typical pole weapons. At the other end of the shaft, the end pointed towards the enemy, a combination of three things existed. At one side of the shaft's other end, an axe blade was fitted and at the back of the axe blade, a useful hook was provided which was used to dislodge horsemen during combat. The staff culminated in a sharpened pike which formed the third key aspect of the halberd.
The use of the Halberd weapon spread from Swiss soldiers to German soldiers and eventually to other parts of Europe by the 16th century
Halberd Weapon History
The halberd weapon's origins can be traced to the Swiss armies of the 14th and 15th centuries. Early halberd weapons were normally six feet in height and given the fact that they could be produced inexpensively, halberd were extensively used by all Swiss fighters, including peasants. Later, European armies started making use of halberd between 16th and 18th centuries. However, since the arrival of musket and gunpowder hand-weapons, its significance diminished from 16th century onwards.
What was a Halberd Made From?
A Halberd was based on a long wooden shaft which could vary in length. Initial halberds had a length of six feet. One end of the shaft was the blunt, solid end. On the other hand, a pool axe was fitted to the shaft so that on its back a hook was also attached. Finally, at this other end of the wooden shaft which was pointed towards the enemy was a sharp pike.
Who made medieval Halberd Weapons?
The medieval halberd weapons were made by blacksmiths who used iron and steel in forging these weapons. One of the key reasons why this weapon was popular was that it was very cheap to produce and at the same time, was very effective. In some cases, strips of metal were added to the wooden shaft so as to reinforce the strength of the shaft itself and to allow the wielder to strike the head with greater force. Different innovations on the original basic design of halberds took place in different parts of Europe.
What medieval soldiers used a Halberd?
The very first to use medieval halberds were Swiss soldiers. It was used not just by active Swiss fighters but also by any peasants who participated in a war. The use of halberd later spread to other parts of Europe as well. Most notably, German armies refined the halberd and started using it in combination with different side-weapons. By the 16th century, a number of European armies were making use of the halberd. A Halberd was specifically used by the foot soldiers. And it was effective in that it allowed foot soldiers to successfully confront mounted riders with the help of the pike, hook and axe of the halberd.
The Halberd Weapon The weapon was innovative for its age, effective and particularly cheap to produce
Halberd Fighting Techniques
The Halberd weapon allowed the wielder to attack the enemy in many ways, given the versatility of the weapon. The pike at the other end of the halberd was used to confront the horseback enemy troops while it was also used to keep the enemy at a safe distance. The axe mounted on one side of the halberd shaft could be wielded with great power. Finally, the hook behind the axe was also used to pull the horsemen causing them to tumble from their horses. During the training of halberd use, the specific focus was the use of the weapon against mounted riders. Soldiers were trained to wield the halberd effectively and speedily in various ways to inflict damage on enemy soldiers and horses quickly. The success of the use of a halberd in the hand of a soldier depended on three things: agility, accuracy and strength.
Advantages of Halberd Weapons
Halberds had a number of advantages. Firstly, the length of the shaft allowed the axe mounted on it to be wielded with such strength that its blade could pierce metal, even the armour of the knights in many cases. The hook behind the axe was particularly effective when facing a charge of horseback attackers. In such a charge, the pike could be used to pierce and wound the enemy riders and the hook was effective in pulling them down from their horses. A good wielder who was an expert in using halberd was a particularly deadly foe.
The Halberd was a very effective weapon in the hands of someone who could use it with speed and accuracy.
Disadvantages of Halberd Weapons
One of the key disadvantages of the halberd was the fact that it was a pole arm and was effective only at a certain length. In closer combats, halberds were simply useless and had to be shed by the wielder who then had to resort to an alternate side-weapon. In the case of the Swiss soldiers, this side arm was a small dagger while German soldiers chose to use a small sword as the side-arm.
Another disadvantage of using a halberd was that the wielder could not use a shield at the same time, which was a problem if the combat turned to close quarters during the course of the war. Moreover, the halberd footman had to be organised and stand close to each other so as to minimise the possibility of enemies coming at close quarters. Any defect in this organisation could easily diminish the efficacy of halberds.
Halberd Weapon Summary
Halberd was a type of pole-arm weapon which was invented by the Swiss soldiers in the 14th century. The weapon was innovative for its age, effective and particularly cheap to produce. It combined an axe, a hook and a pike at one end of a long wooden shaft which was wielded by the soldier. Given its versatility, the halberd was a very effective weapon in the hands of someone who could use it with speed and accuracy. The use of the weapon spread from Swiss soldiers to German soldiers and eventually to other parts of Europe by the 16th century. From 16th century, its advantage as a weapon in the battlefield diminished and so, it became a less common sight on the battlefield.
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California Black Media Network
Larry Lee, Sacramento Observer
Editorial: Anti-Charter School Bills Are Misleading And Wrong
Written by beachcityradio on April 24, 2019
There has been a lot of attention recently, and rightly so, to Assembly Bill 392 which seeks to change the use of deadly force by California law enforcement officers — thus hoping to stop the police shootings of unarmed Black and brown people.
While that bill is critical to Black community, there are also some unrelated bills that are going through the California Assembly that, if passed, could potentially have a devastating impact on California's African American community for generations to come.
With support from legislators such as Assemblymember Kevin McCarty (D-Sacramento), Rob Bonta (D-Oakland), Patrick O'Donnell (D-Long Beach), Ash Kalra (D-San Jose) and Christy Smith (D-Santa Clarita) AB 1505, 1506 and 1507 will kill public charter schools and limit options for Black families seeking a better education for their children.
Assembly Bill 1506, which is authored by Sacramento's Kevin McCarty, is a cynical scheme to cap the growth of public charter schools in California by literally putting a limit on the number of charter schools in the state. McCarty says his rationale for authoring the bill is to try and limit the financial impact charter schools have on California's public schools.
It has been well documented that many of California's public school districts such as Los Angeles, Oakland and Sacramento are going through crippling financial problems. However, to try and place the blame of poorly managed school districts on public charter schools is misleading and wrong.
It is well established that California's public school system is failing Black children. Look no further than Sac City schools where only 13 percent of Black students met standards in Math on state assessments. Black children in neighboring Natomas and Twin Rivers did little better with only 15 percent meeting state standards in Math. Black students in these Sacramento school districts do worse than Black students statewide where 20 percent meet state standards in Math.
The schools in McCarty's district that are beating the odds for Black kids are tuition-free public charter schools — the very schools McCarty is seeking to cap.
Let's put this in perspective. There are only 10 public schools in California with a majority Black student population that perform in the top half of state student achievement in both English Language Arts and Math. Eight of those schools are public charter schools. Remarkably, a third of the best schools for Black kids in the state are right here in Sacramento: Fortune School, Oak Park Prep and PS7. All three schools are in McCarty's district. McCarty should be trying to replicate these schools, not curb their growth.
For example, Fortune School is a regional charter school initiative to close the African American achievement gap by preparing kids for college starting in Kindergarten. Fortune is led by local African American educators and 44 percent of the teachers are Black, much higher than in any school district in the County.
Laudably, Fortune's network of charter schools is authorized by the Sacramento County Board of Education. In 2011, the County Board made a finding of fact that there is a severe and persistent African American achievement gap in all 13 of Sacramento County's school districts. This means there is no school district where a Black family can go in the county and not face the Black achievement gap for their children — a disturbing fact of life for Black families.
At Fortune School, 57 percent of Black kids met state standards in Math last year, exceeding the performance of all kids in the state (50 percent) and Sacramento County (47 percent) — regardless of race.
It's concerning that McCarty, a member of the California Legislative Black Caucus, would seek to limit options within the public school system in a way that would negatively impact Black families, not just in Sacramento but statewide.
A group of local Black clergy, educators and civil rights leaders met with Kevin McCarty last week to try and understand his motivation. We were alarmed by McCarty's singular focus on the financial impact charter schools have on the state, with hardly a mention of how closing such schools would improve the educational condition of students stuck in low-performing schools.
Current law protects Black families from a school district that would deny a public charter school based on the money, ignoring the charter school's educational value to children. We must defend those protections. Trapping Black kids in the school districts that have failed them for the money is wrong. School districts should not try to balance their budgets on the backs of Black children.
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require 'spec_helper'

describe SmartIoC do
  before :all do
    SmartIoC.clear

    dir_path = File.join(File.expand_path(File.dirname(__FILE__)), 'example/users')
    SmartIoC.find_package_beans(:users, dir_path)

    dir_path = File.join(File.expand_path(File.dirname(__FILE__)), 'example/admins')
    SmartIoC.find_package_beans(:admins, dir_path)

    dir_path = File.join(File.expand_path(File.dirname(__FILE__)), 'example/utils')
    SmartIoC.find_package_beans(:utils, dir_path)

    @container = SmartIoC.container
  end

  it 'loads all beans' do
    SmartIoC.load_all_beans
  end

  it 'sets beans' do
    users_creator = @container.get_bean(:users_creator)
    users_creator.create(1, 'test@test.com')

    repository = @container.get_bean(:repository, package: :admins)

    expect(repository.get(1)).to be_a(User)
    expect(users_creator.send(:repository)).to be_a(Class)
    expect(users_creator.send(:repository).methods).to include(:put)
    expect(users_creator.send(:repository).methods).to include(:get)
    expect(users_creator.send(:logger)).to be_a(LoggerFactory::SmartIoCLogger)
  end

  it 'sets beans with extra package context' do
    SmartIoC.set_extra_context_for_package(:admins, :test)
    SmartIoC.force_clear_scopes

    users_creator = @container.get_bean(:users_creator)
    users_creator.create(1, 'test@test.com')

    repository = @container.get_bean(:repository, package: :admins)

    expect(users_creator.send(:repository)).to eq(TestAdminsRepository)
    expect(repository.get(1)).to be_a(User)
    expect(users_creator.send(:logger)).to be_a(LoggerFactory::SmartIoCLogger)
  end
end

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BCRL is proud to be offering two, $500 scholarships. The deadline is April 15th, 2019. It is open to any Batavia High School Senior. You will fill out the above application and write an essay, you must complete our application to be considered. The recipients will be notified during senior award night.
A scholarship committee will be formed to select the winner of the scholarship.
Please forward this information onto your friends on social media. Many folks with seniors are no longer associated with BCRL so they may not get this communication and news.
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import org.apache.lucene.analysis.CharFilter;
import org.apache.lucene.util.Attribute;

/**
 * トークンの開始・終了位置を保持するクラスです.
 * {@link CharFilter}による処理後の文字列に対する Offsetを保持します.
 */
public interface PosticheOffsetAttribute extends Attribute {

    /**
     * Returns this Token's starting offset, the position of the first character
     * corresponding to this token in the source text.
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     */
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    /**
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Cherbourg, France, was the final crossroads for the frequently intersecting paths of Raphael Semmes and John Winslow—and the final battle for one of the war's most famous ships.
The ship was state of the art, sleek and fast. Identified simply as "hull number 290," it was built in Liverpool ostensibly for French clients, but its ultimate destination was no secret, and its construction created a diplomatic flap between the United States and Britain. To circumvent objections from Washington, the ship was unarmed. The builders could thus argue—and they did—that English neutrality laws, which stipulated that warships could not be built in England for belligerent nations, had been complied with. On July 29, 1862, the ship steamed out of Liverpool for a so-called trial run, complete with a civilian contingent to give the appearance of a holiday excursion. At some point the bewildered passengers were put ashore and the ship sailed on to the Azores, where it was armed and christened as the Confederate raider Alabama.
Raphael Semmes, newly promoted to the rank of captain, took command and began a maritime saga that perhaps surpasses anything in the annals of naval history. From August 1862 to June 1864, he took Alabama into the Gulf of Mexico, the Caribbean, the Atlantic, around the Cape of Good Hope, across the Indian Ocean to the South China Sea and the East Indies and then back again across the Indian to the Atlantic, this time to France for refitting. En route, incredibly, he sank the Union warship Hatteras and captured, depending on which account one believes, anywhere from 58 to 69 Union merchantmen, most of which he burned or sank.
To gain some idea of the magnitude of his deed, consider that Count Felix von Luckner, known as the "Sea Devil" for his exploits as captain of the commerce raider Seeadler on behalf of the Imperial German Navy in World War I, sank 14 Allied ships. Semmes had that beat with Sumter before he even set foot on Alabama. Semmes, quite simply, became a terror to Federal shipping, swooping in on his target with lightning speed, bagging it and then eluding all pursuers from one end of the globe to the other. To Confederates he was a hero, a welcome tonic for bad news in the land war. To the Federals he was a pirate who would one day receive his comeuppance for inflicting $6 million damage to their cause (which is anywhere from $105 million to $1.6 billion in 21st-century dollars, depending on which of four indices for measuring the value of an 1861 dollar is used). His derring-do drove insurance rates through the roof, effectively wrecked Union shipping for almost two years and inflicted a wound to American commerce from which it took almost a century to recover. Although some Federal seamen could not help admiring his skill and daring, Navy Secretary Gideon Welles put the capture or killing of Semmes, whom he referred to as "this wolf from Liverpool," at the top of his wish list.
On June 10, 1864, Semmes anchored off Cherbourg, France, where he requested permission to put Alabama in dry dock. Port authorities turned him down, ostensibly because Emperor Napoleon III was not available to grant permission. So Semmes waited, confident of the emperor's sympathy. It was a fateful, and fatal, pause. The lives of two intrepid mariners– countrymen who had fought under the same flag, shared a cabin during the Mexican War and almost died at the same time, in the same war and in the same waters 171⁄2 years earlier–were about to intersect again.
From March 9 to 27, 1847, off the coast of Mexico, the 37-year-old Semmes—nicknamed "Old Beeswax" because of his spiffy handlebar mustache—had shared a cabin with 35-yearold John A. Winslow as General Winfield Scott campaigned against Vera Cruz. Semmes was then a flag lieutenant under Commodore David Conner, who commanded the squadron in the Gulf. Winslow was a lieutenant. During the siege, Semmes was in charge of one of the on-shore naval batteries. It wasn't his first encounter with Vera Cruz. In December 1846, he had commanded the brig USS Somers as part of the blockade of the Mexican coast. It capsized in a gale off Vera Cruz, a mishap that very nearly cost him his life. It wasn't Winslow's first encounter with the city either. At about the same time that Semmes was swimming for his life, Winslow lost his ship, Morris, on a reef in the same area.
But sharing a cabin and nearly losing their lives in the same place weren't the only ironies that characterized their relationship. Another was that Semmes, who embraced the cause of the Confederacy, was technically a Northerner, born on September 27, 1809, in Maryland, a border state that remained in the Union, albeit under questionable circumstances. Winslow, who remained loyal to the Union, was a North Carolinian born in Wilmington on November 19, 1811.
After Mexico, Semmes practiced law in Mobile, Ala., while on extended leave from the Navy. In 1855 he was promoted to the rank of commander and was assigned to lighthouse duties until 1861. After his home state of Alabama seceded from the Union, Semmes took the same path. On orders from Jefferson Davis himself, he went north to persuade ordnance mechanics to support the Southern cause and, while there, to purchase munitions. He did very well, apparently because Northern arms merchants were more interested in profit than principle.
Semmes returned to Montgomery, and on April 4, 1861, he was commissioned a commander in the fledgling Confederate Navy, an arm of the new nation that was short on ships and materiel but long on talent. Having had experience with lighthouse duty in the U.S. Navy, he was placed in charge of that bureau by the Confederate Navy. But he quickly realized that the Confederacy had a greater need—commerce raiding. Navy Secretary Stephen R. Mallory agreed, and Semmes went to New Orleans to convert a steamer into the first Confederate commerce raider. It was christened CSS Sumter in honor of the Revolutionary War hero General Thomas Sumter of South Carolina.
In June Semmes ran the Federal blockade, which Lincoln had ordered to take effect on April 19, 1861, from South Carolina to the Rio Grande, and on April 27, 1861, in North Carolina and Virginia, in accordance with Scott's Anaconda Plan. Semmes spent the next six months in the West Indies and the Atlantic, hunting U.S. merchant ships. He captured 17 (some accounts say 18). "Captured" usually meant that he burned them after removing whatever he felt he could make use of and then paroled the prisoners. In January 1862, he brought his raider to Gibraltar for repairs. Two Federal cruisers learned of his presence and blockaded him there, whereupon he sold Sumter and made plans, along with many of his officers, to escape to England knowing that a magnificent cruiser was being built for him there.
While Semmes was making his way from Vera Cruz to Cherbourg, Winslow was also headed there, but by a different path. Following the Mexican War he remained in the Gulf, serving as executive officer of the sloop Saratoga from 1848- 49. After a year in the Boston Navy Yard (1849-50), he returned to active duty in the Pacific on the frigate St. Lawrence from 1851-55. Like Semmes, he was promoted to the rank of commander in 1855. In 1861 Winslow was assigned to duty on the Mississippi as executive officer of the Western Gunboat Flotilla. However, he had to leave the service for several months to recover from a disabling accident that occurred when he was commanding the ironclad gunboat Benton. He was promoted to the rank of captain in July 1862 and returned to service on the Mississippi. The following April, he was given command of USS Kearsarge (named for a mountain in New Hampshire) and spent the next year and a half in European waters looking for Confederate raiders, especially one particular raider. Never knowing where or when he might find one, especially that particular vessel, he kept his ship and crew ready for every eventuality, a bit of foresight that served him well.
On June 12, 1864, Kearsarge was anchored in the Scheldt, off Flushing, Holland. William L. Dayton, the American minister to France, sent Winslow a telegram advising him that Alabama was in Cherbourg Harbor. The presence of the Confederate raider had been reported in all the local newspapers. Winslow immediately called his officers and men to the ship and sailed to Dover for dispatches, arriving on June 13. He then sailed for Cherbourg, arriving there the next day with a ship and crew that were in top condition. Upon arrival, Winslow, his officers and men saw the Confederate flag flying within the breakwater—they had finally cornered the daring rover that had all but destroyed Union commerce for almost two years and left a trail of befuddled pursuers in its wake.
There were two entrances to Cherbourg Harbor. Winslow ordered both watched to assure that Semmes could not escape. He then positioned his own vessel a few miles off shore, and like a stalking cat waited for his quarry to make its move. Winslow had waited more than a year for this opportunity. He would not let it slip through his fingers.
Both ships were magnificent specimens of naval architecture. They were about equal in size: Kearsarge was 198 feet long, 33 feet in beam, 16 feet in draft and weighed 1,031 tons; Alabama was 210 feet long, 32 feet in beam, 17 feet in draft and weighed 1,150 tons. Though they were both well-armed, Kearsarge had more firepower, including two pivoting 11-inch Dahlgrens, each capable of firing 150-pound shells. It was these monsters that were largely responsible for tearing Alabama apart. It also had one 30-pounder rifle and four 32-pounder smoothbores, giving it a total of seven guns, of which five were used in the battle. Alabama had one pivoting 7-inch, 110-pounder Blakely rifle, one pivoting 8- inch, 68-pounder smoothbore and six 32- pounder smoothbores, for a total of eight guns, seven of which were used in the battle. Because of Kearsarge's edge in firepower, and also because of the condition of his ship and crew, Winslow was confident that he could take Alabama in a fair fight.
The stage was now set for a titanic battle. June 19, 1864, dawned beautifully. It was warm, with a touch of haze. A slight westerly wind blew over the waves, causing the sails to pillow and the ensigns to snap and flap. At 9:45 a.m. that Sunday morning, Alabama and its 149 men raised anchor and headed for Kearsarge and its crew of 163. The Confederate raider was escorted by a French ironclad, Couronne, and several smaller French craft. Also escorting Alabama was the English yacht Deerhound, owned by English textile magnate John Lancaster. His ship stayed close to the action and played a pivotal role in the aftermath of the battle. Because of advance warning about the impending duel, a crowd of about 15,000 gathered to watch it from the shore, on the cliffs, on the breakwall and in ships. Some of them waved Confederate flags. A band aboard one French ship played "Dixie." Among the crowd were the officers and men, and some of their families, of two U.S. merchantmen that had been waylaid and burned by Alabama on its way to Cherbourg.
On sighting Alabama, Winslow, who had been conducting a religious service, put down his prayer book and ordered the drum to beat General Quarters. The ship cleared for action. Believing that God helps those who help themselves, Winslow resolved to keep his end of the bargain. To assure that there would be no violation of French neutrality and also to make escape by Alabama into neutral waters less likely, he took his vessel farther out to sea. Semmes pursued him, making it appear that Kearsarge was running from Alabama. But both commanders knew better. They were seasoned veterans who had been around seas and ships all their lives. Semmes knew that Winslow wasn't running, and Winslow knew that he knew it. When Kearsarge was about seven miles from shore, Winslow turned and headed for Alabama.
At 10:57 a.m., when the vessels were about a mile apart, the serenity of the scene was shattered by the roar of a broadside of solid shot from Alabama's starboard guns. Kearsarge did not respond immediately, apparently intending to fight at closer range. Two minutes later a second and then part of a third broadside thundered from Alabama before Winslow, with the vessels now about a half-mile from each other, brought Kearsarge about, presented his starboard to his foe and then unleashed his own salvo of solid shot and shell, some of which found the mark. The action became hot and general, and the din was fearful—a mélange of booming, whistling, whooshing, crashing and exploding iron and powder, timbers splintering, sails tearing and rigging collapsing. Through it all came the deep-throated cheers, screams and groans of the combatants, all of which combined to form a hideous incongruity with the natural beauty of the setting and the promise of the oncoming day.
Some of Alabama's initial fire cut Kearsarge's rigging, but most of its shots went over and alongside the Union ship. Alabama continued its rapid but wild fire. Its gunners were not as well trained as those of Kearsarge, nor in particularly good condition after being so long at sea. They would find their range as the battle wore on. In the meantime, however, Kearsarge's gunners, well rested, highly trained and ordered to fire below the waterline with their heavy guns and to sweep the deck with their lighter ones, took a fearful toll on Alabama—killing and maiming men, disabling guns, causing rigging to collapse and tearing gaping holes in its starboard hull and between decks. One shell exploded in a coal bunker, throwing a dense cloud of coal dust over the ship. Kearsarge fired fewer projectiles than Alabama, but nearly every one found its mark. The surgeon on Kearsarge recorded that his ship fired 173 projectiles, and Alabama about twice that number, but other accounts give figures that were considerably lower. Of all the shot and shell fired by Alabama, only a few struck Kearsarge, damaging little more than masts and rigging. To make matters worse for Alabama, many of its shells were duds because of the poor condition of its powder. Indeed, a 100- pounder lodged in the sternpost of Kearsarge but didn't explode; if it had, Kearsarge might well have been finished. This sternpost, with its embedded shell, is on display at the Naval Memorial Museum, Building 76, Washington Navy Yard in Washington, D.C.
Semmes noticed that his solid shot appeared to do little damage to Kearsarge's hull. Only later did he find out that it had a layer of chain armor around it, giving rise to claims of an unfair fight between an ironclad and a wooden ship. Kearsarge's men responded by saying that they didn't know how Semmes could have been ignorant of Kearsarge's chain armor. They had made no attempt to conceal it. And it was known that Confederate spies had come aboard and been shown the ship. Moreover, the same French pilot had been employed by both ships and had visited each of them during their preparations for battle. Interestingly, the idea of protecting the ship's midsection with chain armor came from Commander David G. Farragut, who had used it when he passed the forts below New Orleans in April 1862.
The two ships steamed through six (some accounts say seven) full circles around a common center, doing their best to destroy each other with starboard broadsides of shot and shell. Neither ship fired grape or canister, though both were in their arsenals. The superiority of Kearsarge's armament, the élan of its crew and the chain armor around its hull all spelled doom for Semmes' famous raider after an hour and two minutes of ferocious combat at distances as close as 400 to 500 yards. He tried to get the ship to shore, but it was too late; the sea was pouring in too fast. The fact that the bunkers were full of 350 tons of coal did not help matters. To his credit, Winslow kept his bunkers underloaded by 70 tons. Semmes knew that he had no choice but to strike his colors. He did so, raising the white flag in its place.
At this point accounts of the action differ. Semmes later wrote that after he had shown the white flag, Winslow poured another broadside of five shots into his stricken ship (some accounts say three or four shots), and he decried this breach of protocol.
But Kearsarge's men told it differently. According to their account, Winslow ordered all firing to cease when Alabama struck its colors, without having yet raised the white flag. They claimed that two of Alabama's junior officers, swearing that they would never surrender, opened fire on Kearsarge with the two port guns, prompting Winslow to order the broadside. Only then was the white flag shown over the stern and its ensign half-masted, causing Winslow to order, for the second time, a cessation of hostilities. In any case, Alabama, settling by the stern, slipped beneath the waves to its final resting place at 12:24 p.m., an hour and 27 minutes after firing the first shot in the only major battle between oceangoing ships in the war. No one cheered. There was only silence as the graceful craft that had wreaked havoc on Federal shipping for almost two years disappeared forever.
Lancaster did just that, pulling dozens of men out of the water, including Semmes and 14 of his officers. Winslow asked Lancaster about Semmes and was told that he had drowned. It was a lie. In fact, he was hiding under a tarpaulin. When the master's mate had deposited his human cargo on Deerhound and set his boat adrift, Deerhound made sail for Southampton. Winslow's officers pleaded with their commander to fire on Deerhound, but he refused, to his everlasting credit. Altogether, Deerhound rescued 39 men, including Semmes, who would make his way back to Richmond. It appears that Semmes' interpretation of protocol did not prohibit lying, perfidy and deception. Casualties on Alabama were 19 killed (10 drowned), 21 wounded and 70 taken prisoner. The rest escaped. Kearsarge had three wounded, one of whom died from his injuries. Thus ended one of the most significant engagements in American naval history.
Neither Winslow nor Semmes, however, was finished. Winslow was honored throughout the North, receiving a vote of thanks from Congress and promotion to the rank of commodore, which was made retroactive to June 19, the day of the battle. Incredibly, despite Winslow's risking his life and the lives of all of his officers and men in the service of their country (they had agreed to go down with the ship with flags flying rather than surrender), and despite the important victory they had achieved, some in Washington still found room for complaint. Secretary of the Navy Gideon Welles responded to Winslow's official report by criticizing his "gross error" and "error of judgment" in paroling the "foreign pirates captured on board the Alabama." Welles expressly disavowed the act, whatever that meant, inasmuch as the "pirates" were already paroled and therefore long gone to only God knew where. Despite Welles' criticism, Winslow continued his service in the Navy for the duration of the war and after. This is testimony to his enormous dedication to his country and its cause; other commanders in such circumstances might have resigned in disgust. On March 2, 1870, Winslow was promoted to the rank of rear admiral. After his return from the Pacific, he lived in San Francisco for a time before moving to Boston. He died there on September 29, 1873.
Semmes suffered no loss of esteem or popularity in the Confederacy because of the defeat. Southerners argued that a battle between an "ironclad" and a wooden ship was an unfair fight. Arriving in Richmond after a circuitous and torturous journey, he was made a rear admiral and later a brigadier general in the army. He served on the James River for a time, protecting Richmond, and was present at the formal surrender of General Joseph E. Johnston's army at Greensboro, N.C., on May 3, 1865. After the war, he opened a law office in Mobile, but was later arrested and charged with treason. As with so many Confederates, this charge came to nothing, largely because of the extreme animosity between the Radical Republicans and President Andrew Johnson. Released under one of the president's amnesty proclamations, he was tried for cruelty to prisoners later but acquitted in a dramatic trial when captain after captain testified that he had always treated his prisoners fairly and with dignity and kindness, in accordance with the rules of war. Later he was elected judge of the Probate Court of Mobile County, but President Johnson ordered that he not be permitted to carry out the functions of his office. Apparently, amnesty had its limits.
Semmes then became editor of a daily newspaper in Mobile for a time before accepting a professorship at the Louisiana Military Institute. He concluded his varied career by again practicing law in Mobile. Through the years he also published Service Afloat and Ashore During the Mexican War (Cincinnati, 1851); The Campaign of General Scott in the Valley of Mexico (1852); The Cruise of Alabama and Sumter (New York, 1864); and Memoirs of Service Afloat During the War Between the States (Baltimore, 1869).
And now for the final irony: This man with nerves of steel, this scourge of Federal merchantmen who strode across the world's oceans weathering every storm and overcoming every obstacle with unheard-of cunning, daring and courage, died of food poisoning after eating spoiled shrimp at the home of his sister in Point Clear, Ala., on August 30, 1877.
John C. Fazio writes from Bath Township, Ohio. For additional reading, see Memoirs of Service Afloat During the War Between the States, by Raphael Semmes; and The Alabama and the Kearsarge: The Sailor's Civil War by William Marvel.