Submarine Warfare In The Civil War

Description

Many people have heard of the Hunley, the experimental Confederate submarine that sank the USS Housatonic in a daring nighttime operation. Less well known, however, is that the Hunley was not alone under the waters of America during the Civil War. Both the Union and Confederacy built a wide and incredible array of vessels that could manoeuvre underwater, and many were put to use patrolling enemy waters. In this text, Mark Ragan, who spent years mining factory records and log books, brings this little-known history to the surface. For this paperback edition, Ragan has revised and updated the text to include the full story of the Hunley's recovery and restoration.

Mark K. Ragan is the author of The H unley: Submarines, Sacrifice, and Success in the C ivil War and was a consultant on the TNT movie "Hu nley." He owns and operates a two-man submarine an d lives and works in Maryland.