The Sinking of the USS Cairo

by John C. Wideman

Book Overview

In 1862, in one of the South's most amazing secret operations, a Confederate team, using newly invented explosive mines, blew up the USS Cairo, one of the Union's most feared ironclad gunboats. It sank within minutes.

The USS Cairo is the only remaining vessel from the Union navy's river fleet. For 102 years, the ironclad rested deep in the mud of the Yazoo River. In 1964 it was rediscovered and salvaged. Now the USS Cairo is one of the premier...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1578066808
• ISBN13: 9781578066803
• Release Date: May 2004
• Publisher: University Press of Mississippi
• Length: 160 Pages
• Weight: 0.54 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.4" x 6.1" x 9.0"