ShipIndex.org
Originally published June 2023 · pp. 18
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ShipIndex.org Whether researching the brown water or navigating high-seas naval action during the American Civil War, this month’s source— https://www.shipindex.org— provides a quick method to learn more about individual vessels. This site offers both free use as well as a subscription service. The standard access provides more than 150,000 citations, while the subscription service (fee starts at $8 per month) contains over 3.2 million records. Start your quest at https:// blog.shipindex.org/2023/04/
introduction-to-searchingshipindex-org/ to learn about search tips! This writer selected the CSS Nashville to demonstrate the types of information one will discover while exploring the site. A search of the Confederate ship - which formally carried the names Thomas L. Wragg and Rattlesnake—yielded the results in the image below. An additional 28 entries—from links to books, websites, journal articles, and newspaper articlesprovide additional information from various sources. Note: some links, primarily to newspapers, require a subscription to access the material on the referenced site. (Example: Accessible Archives.) Sail (or steam) through these records and continued success researching the American Civil War!
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Michael K. Shaffer is a Civil War historian, author, lecturer, and instructor who remains a member of the Society of Civil War Historians, Historians of the Civil War Western Theater, and the Georgia Association of Historians. Readers may contact him at mkscdr11@gmail.com or request speaking engagements at www.civilwarhistorian. net. Follow Michael on Facebook, www.facebook.com/ michael.k.shaffer, and Twitter @ michaelkshaffer.
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