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

Rains, Gabriel J./ Michie, Peter S./ Schiller, Herbert M. (EDT)

McFarland & Co Inc（2011/03発売）

• 製本 Paperback:紙装版/ペーパーバック版／ページ数 220 p.
• 言語 ENG
• 商品コード 9780786463329
• DDC分類 623.45115

Full Description

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.

Contents

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