Rebels in the deeper south
February 1, 2011 | Posted by javal IT SOUNDS like the far-fetched plot to a swashbuckling pirate movie, but the tale of the CSS Shenandoah’s visit to Melbourne in 1865 is not even ”based on a true story”, as they say in Hollywood. It happened.
The Confederate ship created a storm when it sailed into Melbourne for repairs in 1865 towards the end of the American Civil War.
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