The Sinking Of The Uss Cairo

Author : John C. Wideman
Publisher : Univ. Press of Mississippi
ISBN 13 : 1496801458
Total Pages : 164 pages
Book Rating : 4.56/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Sinking of the USS Cairo written by John C. Wideman and published by Univ. Press of Mississippi. This book was released on 2009-09-28 with total page 164 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In 1862, in one of the South's most amazing secret operations, a Confederate team, using newly invented explosive mines, blew up the USS Cairo, one of the Union's most feared ironclad gunboats. It sank within minutes. The USS Cairo is the only remaining vessel from the Union navy's river fleet. For 102 years, the ironclad rested deep in the mud of the Yazoo River. In 1964 it was rediscovered and salvaged. Now the USS Cairo is one of the premier exhibits at the Vicksburg National Military Park. This historic vessel, its entire cargo of weapons and personal effects, and its role in the war continue to spark the imagination of Civil War buffs and thousands of tourists. Here, for the first time, in a carefully documented study is the entire story of the Confederate Secret Service team that sank the USS Cairo. With family oral histories never before consulted and with newly examined documents from the National Archives, The Sinking of the USS Cairo disproves some previous theories and corrects factual errors found in earlier reports. It shows conclusively that the Cairo was not sunk by “an electrically detonated mine” but by a different method. Also, it identifies the members of the Confederate crew, whose names supposedly were “lost to history.” For the first time in a book about this river war, there are illustrations of all five gunboats that were engaged in this action. Told from the Confederate perspective for the first time, this refocused story of the Cairo is a significant addition to the history of the Confederate Secret Service, to the history of the operations around Vicksburg, and to the history of the war on the western frontier.

Author : Elizabeth Hoxie Joyner
Publisher : Arcadia Publishing
ISBN 13 : 1439654190
Total Pages : 96 pages
Book Rating : 4.94/5 ( download)

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Download or read book USS Cairo written by Elizabeth Hoxie Joyner and published by Arcadia Publishing. This book was released on 2015-12-07 with total page 96 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Armed with a simple pocket compass, a small boat, and an intense desire to find the USS Cairo, three men—Edwin C. Bearss, Warren Grabau, and Max Don Jacks—set out on the Yazoo River on a cool autumn afternoon in 1956 to locate the Civil War gunboat. What they found was the discovery of a lifetime. Images of Modern America: USS Cairo features a photographic account of the discovery, raising, restoration, and preservation efforts surrounding the Cairo. One can sense the excitement and awe felt by people who witnessed the raising. Today, people from all over the world are drawn to visit this Civil War time capsule now in permanent dry dock at Vicksburg National Military Park, where commemorative events have occurred since 1980; this collection highlights a variety of these events.

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Total Pages : 64 pages
Book Rating : 4.53/5 ( download)

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Download or read book U.S.S. Cairo written by and published by . This book was released on 1971 with total page 64 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

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ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 60 pages
Book Rating : 4.76/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Story of a Civil War Gunboat written by and published by . This book was released on 1971 with total page 60 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : Virgil Carrington Jones
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ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 58 pages
Book Rating : 4.72/5 ( download)

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Download or read book U.S.S. Cairo; the Story of a Civil War Gunboat written by Virgil Carrington Jones and published by . This book was released on 1971 with total page 58 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : Virgil Carrington Jones
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ISBN 13 : 9780912627861
Total Pages : 56 pages
Book Rating : 4.67/5 ( download)

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Download or read book U. S. S. Cairo written by Virgil Carrington Jones and published by . This book was released on 1985-10-17 with total page 56 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Historical narrative on the activities of the U.S.S. Cairo which was sunk in the Yazoo River by a Confederate torpedo in Dec. 1862, comprising a narrative of her wartime adventures by Virgil Carrington Jones and an account of her raising in 1964 by Harold L. Peterson. Also discusses the thousands of priceless artifacts found within her.

Author : Edwin C. Bearss
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ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 256 pages
Book Rating : 4.16/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Hardluck Ironclad written by Edwin C. Bearss and published by . This book was released on 1966 with total page 256 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Being a first-hand account of the discovery of the torpedoed Union gunboat and of operations to raise her from the bottom of the Yazoo, together with a description of artifacts found on board; including a history of the Western Flotilla of which she was a part, with numerous illustrations, and maps.

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ISBN 13 : 9789990648317
Total Pages : pages
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Download or read book U.s.s. Cairo written by and published by . This book was released on 1985 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : David Smithweck
Publisher : Arcadia Publishing
ISBN 13 : 1467149748
Total Pages : 160 pages
Book Rating : 4.47/5 ( download)

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Download or read book USS Tecumseh in Mobile Bay, The: The Sinking of a Civil War Ironclad written by David Smithweck and published by Arcadia Publishing. This book was released on 2021 with total page 160 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In April 1861, Lincoln declared a blockade on Southern ports. It was only a matter of time before the Union navy would pay a visit to the bustling Confederate harbor in Mobile Bay. Engineers built elaborate obstructions and batteries, and three rows of torpedoes were laid from Fort Morgan to Fort Gaines. Then, in August 1864, the inevitable came. A navy fleet of fourteen wooden ships lashed two by two and four iron monitors entered the lower bay, with the USS Tecumseh in the lead. A torpedo, poised to strike for two years, found the Tecumseh and sank it in minutes, taking ninety-three crewmen with it. Join author David Smithweck on an exploration of the ironclad that still lies upside down at the bottom of Mobile Bay.

Author : Henry Carlisle
Publisher : Saint Martin's Griffin
ISBN 13 : 9780312242077
Total Pages : 260 pages
Book Rating : 4.77/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Jonah Man written by Henry Carlisle and published by Saint Martin's Griffin. This book was released on 2000-07-25 with total page 260 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A chronicle based on the events that inspired Moby Dick recounts the experiences of Captain Pollard and the crew of the whaling ship Essex, who, after being cast adrift by a destructive whale, sacrifice a crewman to survive and face society's wrath. Reprint. 15,000 first printing.