“Semmes: Rebel Raider” by John M. Taylor is another episode in the mini-military profile series from Potomac Books. Once again Potomac Books through the pen of Mr. Taylor has published an extraordinarily informative yet condensed biography. I knew next to nothing about Raphael Semmes and his cavalier piratical heroics on the high seas during the Civil War. But now, my appetite has been whetted enough to attempt further forays in this overlooked nautical powerhouse in addition to other histories from the likes of Mr. Taylor. ( )