This week 150 years ago in the Civil War, the Union lamented another kind of loss beyond its defeat at Fredericksburg. On Dec. 12, 1862, the USS Cairo — an ...

The USS Cairo pulls up to the banks of the Mississippi River in 1862. U.S. Naval History and Heritage Command During the American Civil War, huge metal monsters roamed the Mississippi River ...

USS CAIRO THE STORY OF A CIVIL WAR GUNBOAT COMPRISING A NARRATIVE OF HER WARTIME ADVENTURES BY VIRGIL CARRINGTON JONES AND AN ACCOUNT OF HER RAISING IN 1964 BY HAROLD ...