Ironclads and Big Guns of the Confederacy: The Journal and Letters of John M. Brooke

by George M. Brooke Jr.

Book Overview

An inside look at the Confederacy's military science and technology

Loaded with previously unavailable information about the Confederate Navy's effort to supply its fledgling forces, the wartime diaries and letters of John M. Brooke (1826-1906) tell the neglected story of the Confederate naval ordnance office, its innovations, and its strategic vision. As Confederate commander of ordnance and hydrography in Richmond, Virginia, during...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1570034184
• ISBN13: 9781570034183
• Release Date: March 2002
• Publisher: University of South Carolina Press
• Length: 280 Pages
• Weight: 1.15 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.1" x 6.3" x 9.4"