For 11 years; I was closely associated with the Cairo project; and I know how difficult it is to place the undertaking in its proper perspective and to dispassionately evaluate its historical significance. I was accordingly delighted to learn that Virgil Carrington Jones; who needs no introduction to readers interested in Civil War partisan operations and action afloat; had agreed to chronicle the story of the Cairo and her rendezvous with destiny on the Yazoo in December 1862; and that Harold L. Peterson; whose publications on arms and armament are legion; would survey; describe; and evaluate the thousands of artifacts recovered. Jones and Peterson; as the readers of this booklet will discover; have written of the Cairo and her treasure trove of artifacts with keen insight and understanding. Their accounts will spark the reader's interest; and; in conjunction with the salvaged objects themselves; lead to a better understanding of how bluejackets lived and fought in our Civil War. Edwin C. Bearss Chief Historian National Park Service
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