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Category : Cairo (Gunboat)
Languages : en
Pages : 64
Book Description
U.S.S. Cairo
Author: U.S.S. Cairo
Author: Virgil Carrington JonesPublisher:
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Category : United States
Languages : en
Pages : 60
Book Description
The Story of a Civil War Gunboat
Author: The Story of a Civil War Gunboat, U.S.S. Cairo
Author: United States. National Park ServicePublisher:
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Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 60
Book Description
U.s.s. Cairo
Author: U.s.s. Cairo
Author: Virgil Carrington JonesPublisher:
ISBN: 9781410224125
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 60
Book Description
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
USS Cairo
Author: Elizabeth Hoxie JoynerPublisher: Arcadia Publishing
ISBN: 1439654190
Category : Technology & Engineering
Languages : en
Pages : 96
Book Description
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.
U. S. S. Cairo
Author: Virgil Carrington JonesPublisher:
ISBN: 9780160034176
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 56
Book Description
The Sinking of the USS Cairo
Author: John C. WidemanPublisher: Univ. Press of Mississippi
ISBN: 1496801458
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 164
Book Description
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.
U. S. S. Cairo
Author: Virgil Carrington JonesPublisher:
ISBN: 9780912627861
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 56
Book Description
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.