C. S. S. Shenandoah: The Memoirs of Lieutenant Commanding James I. Waddell (Bluejacket Books)

By James I. Waddell, James (ed). Horan, James I. Waddell

Book Overview

A fascinating memoir by the captain of the famous confederate cruiser that captured 38 ships and burned 32. This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1557503680
• ISBN13: 9781557503688
• Release Date: January 1996
• Publisher: Naval Inst Pr
• Length: 200 Pages
• Weight: 0.70 lbs.
• Dimensions: 9.3" x 0.5" x 6.3"

Customer Reviews

No place in History

The accomplishments of James Iredell Waddell and the C.S.S. Shenandoah read like a movie script. It is amazing that this piece of history has been buried so long. James Horan brings it to life. He reveals that this was not an accidental sortie but a well planned venture breadboarded in the Confederate Naval Headquarters and played out step by step to its conclusion. It is interesting to wonder what would have happened if more ships had been available to the South for this war. Also interesting is the fact that even though the South did not win the war the efforts of the C.S.S. Shenandoah and the C.S.S. Alabama set Yankee dominance of the seas back 70 years.