KWE2956666: The Sinking of CSS Alabama during The Battle of Cherbourg, or the Battle off Cherbourg. Single-ship action fought during the American Civil War between a United States Navy warship, the USS Kearsarge, and a Confederate States Navy warship, the CSS Alabama, on June 19, 1864, off Cherbourg, France. From The History of our Country, published1900. / Bridgeman Images