Confederate saboteurs : building the Hunley and other secret weapons of the Civil War

Confederate saboteurs : building the Hunley and other secret weapons of the Civil War / Mark K. Ragan.

Facing an insurmountable deficit in resources compared to the Union navy, the Confederacy resorted to unorthodox forms of warfare to combat enemy forces. Perhaps the most energetic and effective torpedo corps and secret service company organized during the American Civil War, the Singer Secret Servi...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Ragan, Mark K. (Author)
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: College Station : Texas A & M University Press, 2015.
Edition:First edition.
Series:Ed Rachal Foundation nautical archaeology series.
Subjects:
Singer, Edgar Collins, > 1825-1919.
Singer, Edgar Collins, > 1825-1919
H.L. Hunley (Submarine)
Confederate States of America. > Army > Officers > Biography.
Confederate States of America. > Singer Secret Service Corps > History.
Confederate States of America. > Singer Secret Service Corps > Biography.
Confederate States of America. > Singer Secret Service Corps
Confederate States of America. > Army
1861-1865
Secret service > Confederate States of America > History.
Mechanical engineers > Biography.
HISTORY > United States > State & Local > General.
Armed Forces > Officers
Mechanical engineers
Military operations, Naval > Submarine
Secret service
United States > History > Civil War, 1861-1865 > Naval operations > Submarine.
United States
United States > Confederate States of America
Electronic books.
Biographies
History
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Table of Contents:
  • Formation and deployment
  • First torpedo strike and launching the Hunley
  • Richmond invests in the Corps
  • Losing the Hunley
  • Operations throughout the Confederacy
  • Taking the fight to the enemy.

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