Karen’s great great great uncle lived in Mobile, Alabama and though he died in 1877 his name and face are familiar to Mobilians even today. He was Admiral Raphael Semmes of the Confederate States of America. His statue has stood at the foot of Government for more than a hundred years. We’ve visited his statue on nearly every trip we’ve made through Mobile. Today though we spent some time getting to know him and his city a little better. We walked to his home at 806 Government Street and spent time on the porch where he sat. We spent time in the History Museum of Mobile where an entire gallery explores his life and Civil War service. By the way, it was his shipmates who dubbed him Old Beeswax because of his habit of twisting his waxed mustache while pacing the deck of the ship.

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