Sea of Gray : The Around-The-World Odyssey of the Confederate Raider Shenandoah book
Sea of Gray : The Around-The-World Odyssey of the Confederate Raider Shenandoah book
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Author: Tom Chaffin
Page Count: 432 pages
Published Date: 01 Jun 2007
Publisher: Hill & Wang Inc.,U.S.
Publication Country: New York, NY, United States
Language: English
ISBN: 9780809085040
File size: 19 Mb
Download Link: Sea of Gray The Around-The-World Odyssey of the Confederate Raider Shenandoah
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The sleek, 222-foot, black auxiliary steamer "Sea King "left London on October 8, 1864, ostensibly bound for Bombay. The subterfuge was ended off the shores of Madeira, where the ship was outfitted for war. The newly christened CSS "Shenandoah" then commenced the last, most quixotic sea story of the Civil War: the 58,000-mile, around-the-world cruise of the Confederacy's second most successful commerce raider. Before its voyage was over, thirty-two Union merchant and whaling ships and their cargoes would be destroyed. But it was only after ship and crew embarked on the last leg of their journey that the excursion took its most fearful turn.Four months after the Civil War was over, the "Shenandoah"'s Captain Waddell finally learned he was, and had been, fighting without cause or state. In the eyes of the world, he had gone from being an enemy combatant to being a pirate a hangable offense. Now fearing capture and mutiny, with supplies quickly dwindling, Waddell elected to camouflage the ship, circumnavigate the globe, and attempt to surrender on English soil."
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Sea of Gray : The Around-The-World Odyssey of the Confederate Raider Shenandoah by Tom Chaffin
Author: Tom Chaffin
Page Count: 432 pages
Published Date: 01 Jun 2007
Publisher: Hill & Wang Inc.,U.S.
Publication Country: New York, NY, United States
Language: English
ISBN: 9780809085040
File size: 19 Mb
Download Link: Sea of Gray The Around-The-World Odyssey of the Confederate Raider Shenandoah
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The sleek, 222-foot, black auxiliary steamer "Sea King "left London on October 8, 1864, ostensibly bound for Bombay. The subterfuge was ended off the shores of Madeira, where the ship was outfitted for war. The newly christened CSS "Shenandoah" then commenced the last, most quixotic sea story of the Civil War: the 58,000-mile, around-the-world cruise of the Confederacy's second most successful commerce raider. Before its voyage was over, thirty-two Union merchant and whaling ships and their cargoes would be destroyed. But it was only after ship and crew embarked on the last leg of their journey that the excursion took its most fearful turn.Four months after the Civil War was over, the "Shenandoah"'s Captain Waddell finally learned he was, and had been, fighting without cause or state. In the eyes of the world, he had gone from being an enemy combatant to being a pirate a hangable offense. Now fearing capture and mutiny, with supplies quickly dwindling, Waddell elected to camouflage the ship, circumnavigate the globe, and attempt to surrender on English soil."
Read online Sea of Gray : The Around-The-World Odyssey of the Confederate Raider Shenandoah Buy Sea of Gray : The Around-The-World Odyssey of the Confederate Raider Shenandoah Download and read Sea of Gray : The Around-The-World Odyssey of the Confederate Raider Shenandoah for pc, mac, kindle, readers Download to iPad/iPhone/iOS, B&N nook Sea of Gray : The Around-The-World Odyssey of the Confederate Raider Shenandoah ebook, pdf, djvu, epub, mobi, fb2, zip, rar, torrent