The Voyage of the CSS Shenandoah : A Memorable Cruise

The only Confederate ship to circumnavigate the globe. The Confederate cruiser Shenandoah was the last of a group of commerce raiders deployed to prey on Union merchant ships. Ordered to the Pacific Ocean to ""greatly damage and disperse"" the Yankee whaling fleet in those waters...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Autor principal: Whittle, William C.
Otros Autores: Harris, Anne B., Harris, D. Alan
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Tuscaloosa : University of Alabama Press, 2005.
Colección:Book collections on Project MUSE.
Temas:
Whittle, William C., > Jr. > (William Conway), > 1840-1920
Whittle, William C., > Jr. > (William Conway), > 1840-1920 > Diaries.
Shenandoah (Cruiser)
Seafaring life.
Sailors.
Ocean travel.
HISTORY > United States > State & Local > General.
Vie en mer > Histoire > 19e siecle.
Marins > États confederes d'Amerique > Journaux intimes.
Seafaring life > History > 19th century.
Ocean travel > History > 19th century.
Sailors > Confederate States of America > Diaries.
United States > Confederate States of America.
United States.
États-Unis > Histoire > 1861-1865 (Guerre de Secession) > Recits personnels des confederes.
United States > History > Civil War, 1861-1865 > Naval operations, Confederate.
United States > History > Civil War, 1861-1865 > Personal narratives, Confederate.
Personal narratives > Confederate.
History.
Diaries.
Electronic books.
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Descripción
Sumario:The only Confederate ship to circumnavigate the globe. The Confederate cruiser Shenandoah was the last of a group of commerce raiders deployed to prey on Union merchant ships. Ordered to the Pacific Ocean to ""greatly damage and disperse"" the Yankee whaling fleet in those waters, the Shenandoah's successful pursuit of her quarry compared favorably with the exploits of the more celebrated Alabama and Florida but has never been as well known because it coincided with the war's end and the Confederacy's downfall. It was, however, one of the best.
Descripción Física:1 online resource (269 pages).
ISBN:9780817387877

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