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Sea of Gray: The Around-the-World Odyssey of the Confederate Raider Shenandoah
Sea of Gray The AroundtheWorld Odyssey of the Confederate Raider Shenandoah
Author: Tom Chaffin
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-...  more »
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ISBN-13: 9780809085040
ISBN-10: 0809085046
Publication Date: 5/29/2007
Pages: 448
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Publisher: Hill and Wang
Book Type: Paperback
Other Versions: Hardcover
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Interesting story of not-very-publicized events from the civil war. Given that it was outfitted 6 months before the war ended, and most of the mayhem it caused was 3 months after the war ended, they seem to be more of pirates than part of a navy. The author is rather sympathetic towards them, though.


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