Tuesday, April 14, 2015

The CSS Shenandoah Departs Ascension Island

APRIL 14TH, 1865: Unaware of Lee's Surrender, the CSS Shenandoah departs from Ascension Island, Eastern Carolines and set a northerly course for the Kurile Islands.  The Shenandoah would inflict crippling damage to the American whaling fleet in the North Pacific.

The damage wrought on the Union commerce by Confederate raiders dealt the American whaling industry a blow from which it never recovered.

--Old B-Runner

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