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

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Ragan, Mark K., author.

Series:

Ed Rachal Foundation nautical archaeology series.

Ed Rachal Foundation Nautical Archaeology Series

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Mechanical engineers--Biography.

Mechanical engineers.

Secret service--Confederate States of America--History.

Secret service.

United States--History--Civil War, 1861-1865--Naval operations--Submarine.

United States.

Confederate States of America. Singer Secret Service Corps--Biography.

Confederate States of America.

Confederate States of America. Singer Secret Service Corps--History.

Confederate States of America. Army--Officers--Biography.

H.L. Hunley (Submarine).

Singer, Edgar Collins, 1825-1919.

Singer, Edgar Collins.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (298 p.)

Edition:

First edition.

Place of Publication:

College Station, [Texas] : Texas A&M University Press, 2015.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

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 Service Corps, led by Texan inventor and entrepreneur Edgar Collins Singer, developed and deployed submarines, underwater weaponry, and explosive devices. The group's main government-financed activity, which eventually led to other destructive inventions such as the Hunley submarine and behind-enemy-line

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.

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

1-62349-279-3

OCLC:

913914978