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Sea of gray : the around-the-world odyssey of the Confederate raider Shenandoah Cover Image Book

Sea of gray : the around-the-world odyssey of the Confederate raider Shenandoah

Chaffin, Tom. (Author).

Summary: The story of 58,000-mile, around-the-world cruise of the Confederacy's last ship afloat. Launched secretly from England in October, 1864, the CSS Shenandoah became the Confederacy's second most successful merchant raider, but--after rounding Africa's Cape of Good Hope, stopping long enough in Australia to cause a diplomatic crisis, and navigating the ice floes of Siberia's Sea of Okhotsk, the Bering Sea, and the Arctic Ocean--Captain Waddell learned that he had been fighting without cause or state, since the Civil War had ended four months earlier. In the eyes of the Union, he had gone from being an enemy combatant to a pirate, a hangable offense. Hunted by Union and British men-of-war, his polyglot crew rife with hints of mutiny, and with dwindling supplies, Waddell elected to camouflage the ship, circumnavigate the globe, and attempt to surrender on English soil.--From publisher description.

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  • ISBN: 0809095114
  • ISBN: 9780809095117
  • Physical Description: print
    x, 432 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations, maps ; 23 cm
  • Edition: 1st edition
  • Publisher: New York : Hill and Wang, 2006.

Content descriptions

Bibliography, etc. Note:
Includes bibliographical references (pages 397-404) and index.
Formatted Contents Note:
1. Of ice floes and Arctic fires -- 2. "A good, capital ship in every respect" -- 3. Black cruiser on a Thames night -- 4. Las Desertas -- 5. "A bucket of sovereigns" -- 6. Crossing the royal yards -- 7. King Neptune's court -- 8. Breezing up -- 9. "A decidedly Recherche affair" -- 10. "The old sea dogs chuckled" -- 11. "Doubtful shoals" -- 12. Ascension island -- 13. Pacific spring -- 14. Sea of Okhotsk -- 15. Bering Sea -- 16. Hardest blow against Yankee commerce -- 17. "A sort of choking sensation" -- 18. "Long gauntlet to run" -- 19. "Aperfect hell afloat" -- 20. "The old ship became fainter and fainter" -- Appendix A: Shenandoah's prizes -- Appendix B: Schedule of deck watches.

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Voyages around the world History 19th century
Ocean travel History 19th century
United States History Civil War, 1861-1865 Naval operations, Confederate

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