U.S.S. Cairo: The Story of a Civil War Gunboat, Comprising A Narrative of Her Wartime Adventures and an Account of Her Raising in 1964 (024-005-00957-4)
by Virgil Carrington Jones
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Foreword: 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 show more 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.". show lessTags
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- 973.75 — History & geography History of North America United States Civil War Era (1857-1865) Naval history
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- E595 .C3 .J6 — History of the United States United States Civil War period, 1861-1865 The Civil War, 1861-1865 Naval history
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