<p><span class="deck"> Long after the Civil War was over, the <span class="typestyle"> Shenandoah</span>’s die-hard skipper was still sinking Yankee ships </span></p>
<p><span class="deck"> WAR WAS DAYS AWAY, A UNION STRONGHOLD WAS THREATENED, AND THROUGH A FOG OF RUMOR, DOUBT, CONTRADICTORY ORDERS, AND OUTRIGHT LIES THE ARMY AND NAVY SET OUT TO HELP</span> </p>
<p><span class="deck"> <span class="typestyle"> The Union desperately needed an extraordinary warship to counter the ironclad the Confederates were building</span> </span></p>
<p><span class="deck"> <span class="typestyle"> A Union seaman’s nightmarish memories of shot, shell, and shoal waters in Grant’s Mississippi River campaign, 1862–63</span> </span></p>
