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The Sinking of the USS Cairo by Ria Nicholas Were they awestruck as they boarded her? Or skeptical perhaps, those Union soldiers? Did they brim over with excess pride, like the kid riding a brand new motor scooter on Christmas day, when everyone else just has a bike? Impossible to tell now. But all thoseContinue reading “Battle of Vicksburg, MS: Civil War Victory Wasn’t Ironclad”