THE PIRATE “ALABAMA,” ALIAS “290,”
Harper’s Weekly, November 1, 1862, p. 689.

“The pirate ship ‘Alabama,’ alias ‘290,’ certified to be correct,
by Captain Hagar of the ‘Brilliant.’”
Semmes burned the Brilliant, worth $164,000.

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