On November 6, 1865, the CSS Shenandoah lowered the Confederate flag and James I. Waddell surrendered command of the vessel to British authorities in Liverpool. The surrender came a full six months ...
James Waddell, captain of the CSS Shenandoah, surrendered at Liverpool Town Hall One-hundred-and-fifty years ago, several months after the end of the American Civil War, the Confederate ship the CSS ...
Cruise of the CSS Shenandoah -- Plans of the CSS Shenandoah -- Preface -- Introduction -- Otro Alabama -- Do the greatest injury -- None but fiends could -- Now came the trouble -- Oh, it's a grand ...
Prologue : the cruise of the Shenandoah -- Never did a ship go to sea so miserably prepared -- I wish we could catch another Yankee -- This is indeed a merry Christmas -- The Victorian government ...
Recent headlines have proved a vindication of sorts for frustrated historians who cringe at the question, “Why should I care about something that happened ages ago?” Suddenly, “Deep Throat” is on the ...
Most students of Civil War history are familiar with the adventures of the ironclad CSS Virginia; Raphael Semmes’ commerce raider, CSS Alabama; and the world’s first true submarine, the H.L. Hunley.
CSS Shenandoah (1864-1865) Painting depicting the Confederate cruiser in the Arctic ice, circa June 1865. This image has been credited to the "Illustrated London News", though it appears to be a ...
Editor’s note: This is one of an occasional series of stories commemorating the 150th anniversary of the Civil War. On Nov. 11, 1865, some 150 years ago in the later aftermath of the American Civil ...
A unique battle flag hangs in the Confederate Museum in Richmond, Va. It's the flag of the only ship in the southern navy to have circumnavigated the globe. The one that fluttered as cannons fired the ...
Space to play or pause, M to mute, left and right arrows to seek, up and down arrows for volume. The American Civil War celebrates the 150th anniversary of its end this year. But it's a struggle that ...
One hundred and fifty years ago, on April 9, General Robert E. Lee surrendered at Appomattox, Va. Textbooks typically say this event signaled the end of the Civil War. But a few historians make the ...
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