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Shenandoah (Ship in the Confederate)

THE, a ship in the Confederate service during the American Civil War. It was built at Glasgow in 1863 for the China trade, and in 1864 was purchased by the Confederates. Her war record included the capture of 38 Federal vessels. Lieut. J. I. Waddell was in command from 1864 to 1865, while the Shenandoah was a privateer. On Oct. 19, 1864, the vessel was commissioned and ordered on a Pacific cruise. Before reaching Melbourne she made nine captures. From Australia she sailed N., and in the whaling regions did much destruction among the New England whaling fleets.

This career was continued for several months after Lee's surrender, and included the last hostile acts of the Civil War. When Commander Waddell learned of the close of the war, he sailed to Liver-radiate a number of roads going E., S., pool and surrendered to the British Government. The commander and crew were liberated and the ship was handed over to the United States consul. The Shenandoah was the only vessel that carried the Confederate flag around the world. a SHENANDOAH MOUNTAINS, range of the Alleghenies forming the W. boundary of the Shenandoah valley in Virginia.