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Hardluck Ironclad, The Sinking and Salvage of the Cairo

Hardluck Ironclad, The Sinking and Salvage of the Cairo
Edwin C. Bearss
HISTORY •  1980 •  PAPER  • 222 PAGES

The story of the sinking of the "Cairo," a Union gunboat lost in the Yazoo River, paired with the story of its recovery, 100 years later. Civil War historian Edwin C. Bearss, who provided this firsthand account, was an integral part of the recovery. The "Cairo" can now be seen on display in Vicksburg.  (WAR17, $23.95)





 
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