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Confederate Torpedoes - Two Illustrated 19th Century Works with New Appendices and Photographs (Paperback)
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Confederate Torpedoes - Two Illustrated 19th Century Works with New Appendices and Photographs (Paperback)
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Hoping to deter the Union navy from aggressive action on southern
waterways during the Civil War, the Confederacy led the way in
developing torpedoes, a term that in the nineteenth century
referred to contact mines floating on or just below the water's
service. With this book, two little-known but important manuscripts
related to these valuable weapons become available for the first
time. General Gabriel J. Rains, director of the Confederate Torpedo
Bureau, penned his Torpedo Book as a manual for the fabrication and
use of land mines and offensive and defensive water mines. With 21
scale drawings, Notes Explaining Rebel Torpedoes and Ordnance by
Captain Peter S. Michie documents from the Federal perspective the
construction and use of these infernal machines. A detailed
accounting, by the editor, of the vessels sunk or damaged by
Confederate torpedoes and numerous photographs of existing
specimens from museums and private collections complete this
significant compilation.
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