Gabriel Rains and the Confederate Torpedo Bureau

by Joseph Brown and W Davis Waters

"Ironclads are said to master the world, but torpedoes master the ironclads." Gabriel J. Rains was a Confederate Brigadier General who was more than a military officer--he was a scientist. His Civil War appointment gave him an opportunity to develop explosives. He invented three mines: the "subterra shell" (land mine), the keg torpedo, and the submarine mortar battery (both naval mines). After the Battle of Seven Pines in 1862, he served the Confederacy...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1611213509
• ISBN13: 9781611213508
• Release Date: September 2017
• Publisher: Savas Beatie
• Length: 168 Pages
• Weight: 0.05 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 5.9" x 8.9"