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Author : United States. National Park Service
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 60 pages
Book Rating : 4.F/5 ( download)
Download or read book The Story of a Civil War Gunboat, U.S.S. Cairo written by United States. National Park Service and published by . This book was released on 1971 with total page 60 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : John C. Wideman
Publisher : Univ. Press of Mississippi
ISBN 13 : 1604736917
Total Pages : 161 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (47 download)
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 2004 with total page 161 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Previously untold, the true story of the Union ironclad, the first man-of-war sunk in combat by a naval torpedo
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:
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ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 64 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (1 download)
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:
Author : Virgil Carrington Jones
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 64 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (91 download)
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 64 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Virgil Carrington Jones
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 60 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (89 download)
Download or read book U.S.S. Cairo written by Virgil Carrington Jones and published by . This book was released on 1971 with total page 60 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
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ISBN 13 : 9789990648317
Total Pages : pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (483 download)
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 : Myron J. Smith, Jr.
Publisher : McFarland
ISBN 13 : 9780786435791
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (357 download)
Download or read book Tinclads in the Civil War written by Myron J. Smith, Jr. and published by McFarland. This book was released on 2009-11-30 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Once the Union Army gained control of the upper rivers of the Mississippi Valley during the first half of 1862, slow and heavy ironclads proved ineffective in patrolling the waters. Hastily outfitted steamboats were covered with thin armor and pressed into duty. These "tinclads" fought Confederate forces attacking from the riverbanks, provided convoy for merchant steamers, enforced revenue measures, and offered tow, dispatch, and other fleet support services. This history documents the service records and duties of these little-known vessels of the Union fleet.
Author : Virgil Carrington Jones
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9781410224125
Total Pages : 60 pages
Book Rating : 4.2/5 (241 download)
Download or read book U.s.s. Cairo written by Virgil Carrington Jones and published by . This book was released on 2005-01-01 with total page 60 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: For 11 years, I was closely associated with the Cairo project, and I know how difficult it is to place the undertaking in its proper perspective and to dispassionately evaluate its historical significance. I was accordingly delighted to learn that Virgil Carrington Jones, who needs no introduction to readers interested in Civil War partisan operations and action afloat, had agreed to chronicle the story of the Cairo and her rendezvous with destiny on the Yazoo in December 1862; and that Harold L. Peterson, whose publications on arms and armament are legion, would survey, describe, and evaluate the thousands of artifacts recovered. Jones and Peterson, as the readers of this booklet will discover, have written of the Cairo and her treasure trove of artifacts with keen insight and understanding. Their accounts will spark the reader's interest, and, in conjunction with the salvaged objects themselves, lead to a better understanding of how bluejackets lived and fought in our Civil War. Edwin C. Bearss Chief Historian National Park Service
Author : John C. Wideman
Publisher : Univ. Press of Mississippi
ISBN 13 : 1496801458
Total Pages : 164 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (968 download)
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 : Virgil Carrington Jones
Publisher : Government Printing Office
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 62 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (319 download)
Download or read book The Story of a Civil War Gunboat written by Virgil Carrington Jones and published by Government Printing Office. This book was released on 1971 with total page 62 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 : Elizabeth Hoxie Joyner
Publisher : McFarland
ISBN 13 : 0786422572
Total Pages : 201 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (864 download)
Download or read book The USS Cairo written by Elizabeth Hoxie Joyner and published by McFarland. This book was released on 2006-05-16 with total page 201 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: On December 12, 1862, while patrolling Mississippi's Yazoo River, the ironclad USS Cairo struck a Confederate torpedo. Twelve minutes later, the gunboat slipped beneath the surface approximately eight miles north of Vicksburg, where it remained for exactly 102 years. When researchers raised it in 1964, they were amazed to find many of its compartments and artifacts perfectly intact, almost as if the sailors had intended that their ship serve as a time capsule. Today, the Cairo is a snapshot of life aboard a Union gunboat, and affords a well-preserved glimpse into the past. This is the first book dedicated entirely to the Cairo artifact collection. In over 160 photographs, it displays many of the warship's most interesting historical pieces, with descriptions, measurements and other pertinent information for each piece. Artifacts are organized according to use, with categories ranging from tobacco and smoking devices, personal effects and toiletries, and medical equipment to small arms and cannon. The work also offers background information on the Cairo and the everyday life of a sailor and a short description of the Cairo's sinking and raising.
Author : Virgil Carrington Jones
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9780160034176
Total Pages : 56 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (341 download)
Download or read book U. S. S. Cairo written by Virgil Carrington Jones and published by . This book was released on 1985-12 with total page 56 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Henry Carlisle
Publisher : Saint Martin's Griffin
ISBN 13 : 9780312242077
Total Pages : 260 pages
Book Rating : 4.2/5 (42 download)
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.
Author : Virgil Carrington Jones
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9780912627861
Total Pages : 56 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (278 download)
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 : Elizabeth D. Leonard
Publisher : W. W. Norton & Company
ISBN 13 : 9780393048681
Total Pages : 394 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (486 download)
Download or read book Lincoln's Avengers written by Elizabeth D. Leonard and published by W. W. Norton & Company. This book was released on 2004 with total page 394 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: On April 14, 1865, Abraham Lincoln was murdered by John Wilkes Booth, and Secretary of State William H. Seward was brutally stabbed. Clearly a conspiracy was afoot. Judge Advocate General Joseph Holt was put in charge of the investigation and trial. He first set out to punish all of Booth's accomplices and then wanted to go after Jefferson Davis, whom he felt had instigated the assassination—despite stern opposition, not least of all from Lincoln's successor, Andrew Johnson. Elizabeth D. Leonard tells for the first time the full story of the two assassination trials. She explores the questions that made these trials pivotal in American history: Were they to be used to make the South pay for secession? Were they to be fair trials based on the evidence? Or were they to be points of reconciliation, with the South forgiven at all costs to create a solid union?
Author : Craig L. Symonds
Publisher : Oxford University Press, USA
ISBN 13 : 0199931682
Total Pages : 258 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (999 download)
Download or read book The Civil War at Sea written by Craig L. Symonds and published by Oxford University Press, USA. This book was released on 2012 with total page 258 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Continuing in the vein of the Lincoln-prize winning Lincoln and His Admirals, acclaimed naval historian Craig L. Symonds presents an operational history of the Civil War navies - both Union and Confederate - in this concise volume. Illuminating how various aspects of the naval engagement influenced the trajectory of the war as a whole, The Civil War at Sea adds to our understanding of America's great national conflict. Both the North and the South developed and deployed hundreds of warships between 1861 and 1865. Because the Civil War coincided with a revolution in naval techonology, the development and character of warfare at sea from 1861-1865 was dramatic and unprecedented. Rather than a simple chronology of the war at sea, Symonds addresses the story of the naval war topically, from the dramatic transformation wrought by changes in technology to the establishment, management, and impact of blockade. He also offers critical assessments of principal figures in the naval war, from the opposing secretaries of the navy to leading operational commanders such as David Glasgow Farragut and Raphael Semmes. Symonds brings his expertise and knowledge of military and technological history to bear in this essential exploration of American naval engagement throughout the Civil War.
