Mobile in Mobile County, Alabama — The American South (East South Central)

CSS Alabama Memorial

Photographed by Mark Hilton, July 26, 2015

1. CSS Alabama Memorial Marker

Inscription.
This memorial is dedicated to the
officers and men of the CSS Alabama
who perished during the attack of the USS Kearsarge
on June 19, 1864

Yeo George Applebee • FN Christian Pust
Stew A G Bartelli • Sea John Roberts
Cox Henry Fisher • 3rd Asst Engr William Robertson
Pay Stew Frederick Johns • Carp William Robinson
Actg Surg David H Llewellyn • Capt of Head H Ustaker
Drummer Martin Miditch • Sea Walter VanASS
• WRB David H

Topics and series. This memorial is listed in these topic lists: War, US Civil • Waterways & Vessels. In addition, it is included in the National Cemeteries series list.

Location. 30° 40.425′ N, 88° 3.838′ W. Memorial is in Mobile, Alabama, in Mobile County. It can be reached from Virginia Street 0.1 miles east of South Ann Street. Touch for map. Memorial is at or near this postal address: 1202 Virginia Street, Mobile AL 36604, United States of America. Touch for directions.

Regionally, this memorial is on Alabama’s Gulf Coast

and in the Mobile Bay area.

It is also in the American South,

specifically in the Deep South,

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and on the Gulf Coast.

Globally, it is in North America,

a Gulf of Mexico state,

the Western Hemisphere,

the Western World,

and the Anglosphere.

Historically, it finds itself in what was once New Spain,

the Viceroyalty of New France,

the territory of the Mississippian Culture,

one of the Confederate States of America,

and the Antebellum South.

Other nearby markers. At least 8 other markers are within walking distance of this marker: Crew of CSS H. L. Hunley Memorial (here, next to this marker); Battle of Mobile Bay Memorial (here, next to this marker); Battle of Coffeeville Memorial (here, next to this marker); Mobile National Cemetery (a few steps from this marker); The Markers In This Memorial Area (within shouting distance of this marker); Battle of Fort Blakely Monument (within shouting distance of this marker); A National Cemetery System (within shouting distance of this marker); Jewish Rest Magnolia Cemetery (about 600 feet away, measured in a direct line). Touch for a list and map of all markers in Mobile.

More about this memorial. Walter VanASS is actually Walter Van Ness

Also see . . .
1. Battle of Cherbourg (1864).

<i>"The Battle of the Kearsarge and the Alabama"</i> image. Click for full size.

Public Domain - Édouard Manet

2. "The Battle of the Kearsarge and the Alabama"

Wikipedia entry (Submitted on May 24, 2021, by Larry Gertner of New York, New York.)

2. CSS Alabama in Singapore. Acta Militaria blogsite entry:
Interesting comments from her visit in September 1863. (Submitted on August 25, 2020, by Larry Gertner of New York, New York.)

U.S.S. Kearsarge image. Click for full size.

Public Domain

3. U.S.S. Kearsarge

Naval officers on board Kearsarge, including Captain John A. Winslow (foreground, third from the left), shortly after the sinking of the CSS Alabama.

Memorial among others at Magnolia Cemetery. image. Click for full size.

Photographed by Mark Hilton, July 26, 2015

4. Memorial among others at Magnolia Cemetery.

Memorial on far left amongst Civil War grave markers. image. Click for full size.

Photographed by Mark Hilton, July 26, 2015

5. Memorial on far left amongst Civil War grave markers.

Interpretive marker about Magnolia National Cemetery. image. Click for full size.

Photographed by Mark Hilton, July 26, 2015

6. Interpretive marker about Magnolia National Cemetery.

CSS Alabama in Singapore, September 1863 image. Click for full size.

Photographed by Acta Militaria, 1863

7. CSS Alabama in Singapore, September 1863

Credits. This page was last revised on May 24, 2021. It was originally submitted on July 29, 2015, by Mark Hilton of Montgomery, Alabama. This page has been viewed 1,454 times since then and 39 times this year. Photos: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6. submitted on July 29, 2015, by Mark Hilton of Montgomery, Alabama. 7. submitted on August 25, 2020, by Larry Gertner of New York, New York.