Editing Raphael Semmes (section)

== Legacy ==
[[File:Confederate States Naval Ensign after May 26 1863.svg|thumb|Semmes' Confederate ensign]]

Semmes is a member of the [[Alabama Hall of Fame]]. One of the streets on the current Louisiana State University campus once carried his full name,<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://articles.nola.com/opinions/index.ssf/2017/11/lsu_has_too_many_confederates.amp|title=LSU has too many Confederates {{!}}. LSU changed the street name, however, to Veterans Drive in November 2017. Opinion|work=NOLA.com|access-date=2017-11-03|language=en|archive-date=2017-11-02|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171102212524/https://articles.nola.com/opinions/index.ssf/2017/11/lsu_has_too_many_confederates.amp|url-status=dead}}</ref> as does Semmes Avenue in [[Richmond, Virginia]].<ref>{{Cite news|url=http://www.richmond.com/realestate/features/great-homes/semmes-avenue-the-residential-market-heats-up-along-a-former/article_e8ef373c-a543-11e7-abd9-d786b4500b8a.html|title=Semmes Avenue: The residential market heats up along a former streetcar line|last=Correspondent|first=Doug Childers/Homes|work=Richmond Times-Dispatch|access-date=2017-11-03|language=en}}</ref> A life-sized statue of Admiral Semmes was removed by the city of Mobile early on June 5, 2020.<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.aol.com/article/news/2020/06/05/alabama-city-removes-confederate-statue-without-warning/24512990/|title=Alabama City Removes Confederate Statue Without Warning|last= Associated Press|work=AOL|access-date=2020-06-05|language=en}}</ref> A suburban area of western Mobile County is named for him, as well as a hotel in downtown Mobile, The Admiral Hotel.{{citation needed|date=June 2020}}

When Semmes returned to the South from England, he brought a ceremonial ''[[Stainless Banner]]'' (the second national flag of the Confederacy, used 1863-1865) with him. It was inherited by his grandchildren, Raphael Semmes III and Mrs. Eunice Semmes Thorington. After his sister's death, Raphael Semmes III donated the ensign to the state of Alabama on September 19, 1929.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.sothebys.com/en/auctions/ecatalogue/2011/fine-books-and-manuscripts-n08755/lot.157.html|title=Auctions: Confederate Flag from the CSS Alabama|year=2011|website=Sotheby's|access-date=2017-11-02}}</ref> Today, the [[battle ensign]] resides in the collection of the [[Alabama Department of Archives and History]] among its Confederate Naval collection, listed as "Admiral Semmes' Flag, Catalogue No. 86.1893.1 (PN10149-10150)". Their provenance reconstruction shows that it was presented to Semmes in England sometime after the sinking of the ''Alabama'' by "Lady Dehogton and other English ladies".<ref>{{Cite web|title=Flag: Admiral Semmes' Flag Catalogue No. 86.1893.1|url=https://archives.alabama.gov/referenc/flags/092.html|access-date=2020-06-11|website=archives.alabama.gov|archive-date=2021-02-18|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210218043321/https://archives.alabama.gov/referenc/flags/092.html|url-status=dead}}</ref>