{"product_id":"confederate-torpedoes-two-illustrated-19th-century-works-with-new-appendices-and-photographs-9780786463329","title":"Confederate Torpedoes: Two Illustrated 19th Century Works with New Appendices and Photographs","description":"\u003cp\u003e • Author(s): Gabriel J. Rains | Peter S. Michie | Herbert M. Schiller\u003cbr\u003e • Publisher: McFarland \u0026amp; Company\u003cbr\u003e • Publisher Imprint: McFarland \u0026amp; Company\u003cbr\u003e • BISAC: Military - General\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e 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 \u003ci\u003eTorpedo Book\u003c\/i\u003e as a manual for the fabrication and use of land mines and offensive and defensive water mines. With 21 scale drawings, \u003ci\u003eNotes Explaining Rebel Torpedoes and Ordnance\u003c\/i\u003e 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.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"McFarland \u0026 Company","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":47579960508567,"sku":"9780786463329","price":3720.0,"currency_code":"INR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0666\/3471\/1191\/files\/9780786463329.webp?v=1774911059","url":"https:\/\/atlanticbooks.com\/products\/confederate-torpedoes-two-illustrated-19th-century-works-with-new-appendices-and-photographs-9780786463329","provider":"Atlantic Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}