Trivia 11-29-16 two for tuesday

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The three seamen are William Gowen of the USS Kearsarge and George Appleby and James King of the CSS Alabama. The city is Cherbourg, France, near where the famous battle of the two ships took place June 19, 1864. http://civilwarnavy150.blogspot.com/2014/06/an-unusual-civil-war-cemetery.html

There are actually four Civil War Trust (successor to the Civil War Preservation Trust) historic sites in foreign countries. The other three are in Liverpool, England, Edinburgh, Scotland, and Bermuda, and appear to have been so designated since the designation of the seamen's graves and a museum at Cherbourg. http://www.civilwar.org/civil-war-discovery-trail/
 
1. Confederate seamen George Appleby and James King, killed on the CSS Alabama. Union sailor, William Gowen, who was rescued adrift in the waters of the English Channel, brought to shore and died eight days later, of wounds he received while serving on the USS Kearsarge
2. Cherbourg, France

In September 2004, the Civil War Preservation Trust designated Cherbourg and its cemetery an official site of the American Civil War. This is the only such site outside of the U.S. http://civilwarnavy150.blogspot.com/2014/06/an-unusual-civil-war-cemetery.html
 
In a cemetery on a hillside overlooking the French port city of Cherbourg, France, lie the graves of three seamen, two Confederate and one Union. The Confederate seamen are George Appleby and James King, killed on the Alabama during the engagement. The Union sailor is William Gowen, who was rescued adrift in the waters of the English Channel. He was brought to shore and died eight days later, of wounds he received while serving on the Kearsarge in the combat. In September 2004, the Civil War Preservation Trust designated Cherbourg and its cemetery an official site of the American Civil War.

source: http://civilwarnavy150.blogspot.co.uk/2014_06_01_archive.html
 
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