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Paleolithic
Mesolithic
Neolithic
Chalcolithic
Bronze Age
Iron Age
Classical Period
Post-Classical Period
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Industrial Period
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The CSS Alabama was a screw sloop-of-war built in 1862 for the Confederate States Navy during the American Civil War. Constructed by John Laird Sons and Company in Birkenhead, England, the ship was launched under the name Enrica before being outfitted and commissioned as the Alabama. Serving as a commerce raider, the Alabama captured and destroyed numerous Union merchant ships across the Atlantic, West Indies, Gulf of Mexico, and the Indian Ocean, disrupting Union shipping lines. Its most notable engagement was the Battle of Cherbourg in 1864, where it was sunk by the USS Kearsarge. The Alabama's construction and operations highlight the international dimensions of naval warfare during the Civil War, involving British shipyards and international waters.
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