The Last Shot of the Civil War: The Forgotten Battle in Alaska’s Icy Seas

Описание: When the guns fell silent at Appomattox, the American Civil War was supposed to be over. But far from Virginia’s battlefields, one Confederate ship kept fighting—thousands of miles away in the freezing waters near Alaska.

This is the astonishing true story of the CSS Shenandoah, the Confederate raider that fired the last shot of the Civil War months after peace had already been declared.
Captain James Waddell and his crew, cut off from all news, believed they were still at war as they hunted Union whaling ships in the Arctic. Their final cannon blasts echoed across the Bering Sea—a haunting reminder that wars don’t always end when the papers say they do.

In this episode of Civil War Mysteries, we uncover:

The global reach of the Confederate Navy and its mission at sea

How misinformation and isolation kept the war alive long after surrender

The dramatic surrender of the Shenandoah in Liverpool—seven months after Appomattox

Every week, Civil War Mysteries reveals a hidden story from America’s most devastating conflict—the secrets, disappearances, betrayals, and forgotten voices that shaped the nation.

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