Gabriel J. Rains, Peter S. Michie

Confederate Torpedoes

Herausgeber: Schiller, Herbert M.

• Broschiertes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

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.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: McFarland and Company, Inc.
• Seitenzahl: 222
• Erscheinungstermin: 17. Februar 2011
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 254mm x 178mm x 12mm
• Gewicht: 427g
• ISBN-13: 9780786463329
• ISBN-10: 0786463325
• Artikelnr.: 32739693

Autorenporträt

Gabriel J. Rains (1803-1881) was director of the Confederate Torpedo Bureau during the latter stages of the Civil War.

Inhaltsangabe

Table of Contents
Acknowledgments     
Preface     
I. Gabriel J. Rains
Biographical Introduction     
Editorial Notes     
Contents and Plates     
Torpedo Book     
II. Peter S. Michie
Biographical Introduction     
Editorial Notes     
Contents     
Notes Explaining Rebel Torpedoes and Ordnance as Shown in Plates Nos. 1 to
21 Inclusive     
Editor's Appendix 1: Vessels Sunk or Damaged by Confederate Torpedoes     
Editor's Appendix 2: Examples of Extant Confederate Torpedoes     
Editor's Appendix 3: Plates Not Referenced in Rains' Text     
Notes     
Bibliography     
Index