“The Approach of the British Pirate ‘Alabama’.” Line engraving after a drawing by Homer, published in “Harper’s Weekly”, Volume VII, January-June 1863, page 268, depicting an anxious scene aboard a merchant ship as the Confederate cruiser Alabama comes up. This may represent the capture of the California mail steamer Ariel off Cuba on 7 December 1862, as there were many ladies among the prize ship’s passengers. U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph.