28 Nov
Posted November 28, 2012 by scoop2go in Chapter 21, Civil War, Primary Source Document. Comments Off on The ironclad USS Cairo
The USS Cairo
The USS Cairo was designed by James Eads (of Eads Bridge fame here in St. Louis) and launched from Mound City, Illinois, which is on the Ohio River in extreme southern Illinois, just across from Cape Girardeau. It was part of a fleet of ironclad that patrolled the Missisippi and its tributaries in the western theatre.
It was sunk by a mine in 1862, but was recovered in 1964 and now sits in The Vicksburg National Military Park.
Almost exactly NINE MONTHS from the first day of school– just like a pregnancy! Except this one will absolutely end on time, no matter what.
“Omne solum forti patria est.” (The brave find a home in every land.)–Ovid
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“History will be kind to me for I intend to write it.” — Winston Churchill
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“Those who do not remember the past are condemned to repeat it.”- George Santayana
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