Title: The voyage of the CSS Shenandoah
Description: "The Confederate cruiser Shenandoah was the last of a group of commerce raiders deployed to prey on Union merchant ships. Ordered to the Pacific Ocean to "greatly damage and disperse" the Yankee whaling fleet in those waters, the Shenandoah's successful pursuit of her quarry compares favorably with the exploits of the more celebrated Alabama and Florida but has never been as well known because it coincided with the war's end. It was, however, one of the best documented naval expeditions - from England to the Indian Ocean, Australia and the South Pacific, the Bering Sea, San Francisco, and finally to port in Liverpool - during the Civil War."--Jacket.
Subjects: Diaries, Ocean travel, Sailors, Shenandoah (Cruiser), Seafaring life, Confederate Naval operations, United States Civil War, 1861-1865, Confederate Personal narratives, History, United states, history, civil war, 1861-1865, personal narratives, United states, history, civil war, 1861-1865, naval operations, Naval operations
Places: Confederate States of America, United States
People: William C. Whittle (1840-1920)
Time periods: 19th century, Civil War, 1861-1865