On this day in the Civil War, the Confederate raider Shenandoah surrenders to British authorities. This raider destroyed Yankee whaling ships in the Bering Sea as late as June 28, 1865…over two months after hostilities officially ended.

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Officer of the CSS Shenandoah

(Photo Credit: Library of Congress)

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