Sea of Gray : The Around-the-World Odyssey of the Confederate Raider Shenandoah

English

ISBN: 0809085046

EAN: 9780809085040

Category: History / United States / Civil War Period (1850-1877)/History / Military / Naval/Travel / Essays & Travelogues/

Publisher: Farrar, Straus & Giroux

Release Date: 05/29/2007

Synopsis: The sleek, 222-foot, black auxiliary steamer Sea Kingleft 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 Shenandoahthen commenced the last, most quixotic sea story of the Civil War: the 58,000-mile, around-the-world cruise of the Confederacys second most successful commerce raider. Before its voyage was over, thirty-two Union merchant and whaling ships and their cargoes would be destroyed. But it was only after ship and crew embarked on the last leg of their journey that the excursion took its most fearful turn. ? Four months after the Civil War was over, the Shenandoahs Captain Waddell finally learned he was, and had been, fighting without cause or state. In the eyes of the world, he had gone from being an enemy combatant to being a pirate? ;--a hangable offense. Now fearing capture and mutiny, with supplies quickly dwindling, Waddell elected to camouflage the ship, circumnavigate the globe, and attempt to surrender on English soil.

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Sea of Gray : The Around-the-World Odyssey of the Confederate Raider Shenandoah

Illustrated: Yes

Format: Paperback

Height: 0.86 inches

Width: 5.5 inches

Length: 8.27 inches

Weight: 16.05 oz

Pages: 448