The officers of the CSS Shenandoah
By: Angus Curry ; foreword by John David Smith.
Series: New perspectives on the history of the South
Publisher: University Press of Florida
Published: 2006
Place of publication: Gainesville
Language: eng
Number of pages: 428
Subjects: Shenandoah (Cruiser); Confederate States of America. Navy -- Officers -- Biography; United States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 -- Naval operations, Confederate
Description: "The Confederate Steam Ship Shenandoah is renowned as the last vessel to surrender after the Civil War, and the young officers on board - who didn't learn of the war's end for three months - consequently suffered extraordinary physical and emotional stress. This firsthand account of the crew's hazardous last year, told through shipboard diaries and postwar journals, reveals the heavy personal toll they paid during the cruiser's transition from commissioned commerce raider to hunted fugitive"--Jacket.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.