U.S.S. Cairo: The Story of a Civil War Gunboat - Softcover

Jones, Virgil Carrington; Peterson, Harold L.; National Park Service

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1410224120 ISBN 13: 9781410224125

Publisher: University Press of the Pacific, 2005

Synopsis

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

About this edition

• Publisher: University Press of the Pacific
• Publication date: 2005
• ISBN 10: 1410224120
• ISBN 13: 9781410224125
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 60