Senin, 19 Februari 2018

Oh Shenandoah, you roiling raider!

Stalking Yankee whalers was so much fun, the crew didn’t notice the war was over. The Scots build fine ships; they always have. And in the early 1860s, a number of their vessels found their way into the service of the Confederate Navy. Initially ordered by British government and businesses for commercial and military use, …

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