U. S. S. Cairo: The Story of a Civil War Gunboat, Comprising a Narrative of Her Wartime Adventures and an Account of Her Raising in 1964

Historical narrative on the activities of the U.S.S. Cairo which was sunk in the Yazoo River by a Confederate torpedo in Dec. 1862, comprising a narrative of her wartime adventures by Virgil Carrington Jones and an account of her raising in 1964 by Harold L. Peterson. Also discusses the thousands of priceless artifacts found within her.Jones, Virgil Carrington is the author of 'U. S. S. Cairo: The Story of a Civil War Gunboat, Comprising a Narrative of Her Wartime Adventures and an Account of Her Raising in 1964', published 1985 under ISBN 9780160035067 and ISBN 0160035066.