A Union seaman’s nightmarish memories of shot, shell, and shoal waters in Grant’s Mississippi River campaign, 1862–63
The Union desperately needed an extraordinary warship to counter the ironclad the Confederates were building
WAR WAS DAYS AWAY, A UNION STRONGHOLD WAS THREATENED, AND THROUGH A FOG OF RUMOR, DOUBT, CONTRADICTORY ORDERS, AND OUTRIGHT LIES THE ARMY AND NAVY SET OUT TO HELP
Long after the Civil War was over, the Shenandoah’s die-hard skipper was still sinking Yankee ships