Much of the work that brought Alabama into being belonged to Commander James Dunwoody Bulloch rather than Semmes. Bulloch coordinated Confederate activity in Europe instead of commanding the raider's cruise. He was the maternal uncle of Theodore Roosevelt, who encouraged him to publish his Civil War experiences. Those books describe Confederate intelligence operations, secret-service work, and overseas procurement. Read together, Bulloch and Semmes reveal both the organisation behind Alabama's campaign and its conduct at sea.
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James Dunwoody Bulloch's procurement and intelligence legacy
Alabama owed much of her material existence to James Dunwoody Bulloch, whose books document Confederate procurement and intelligence work in Europe.