Confederate Torpedoes: Two Illustrated 19th Century Works with New Appendices and Photographs

by Peter Smith Michie, Gabriel J. Rains, Peter S. Michie

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...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0786463325
• ISBN13: 9780786463329
• Release Date: March 2011
• Publisher: McFarland & Company
• Length: 220 Pages
• Weight: 0.88 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 6.9" x 9.9"
• Age Range: 18 years and up
• Grade Range: Postsecondary and higher