Confederate Saboteurs: Building the Hunley and Other Secret Weapons of the Civil War

by 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 Service Corps, led by Texan inventor and entrepreneur Edgar Collins Singer, developed and deployed submarines, underwater weaponry, and explosive devices. The...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1623492785
• ISBN13: 9781623492786
• Release Date: August 2015
• Publisher: Texas A&M University Press
• Length: 296 Pages
• Weight: 1.45 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 6.5" x 9.6"