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

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.

About the author

MARK K. RAGAN served as project historian during the recovery and excavation of the history-making Civil War submarine, the Hunley, as well as consultant for the 1999 Turner Network Television movie about the vessel. He lives in Edgewater, Maryland.

Summary

The Singer Secret Service Corps developed and deployed submarines, underwater weaponry, and explosive devices during the US Civil War. In Confederate Saboteurs, Mark K. Ragan presents the untold story of the Singer corps. Ragan also examines the complex personalities and relationships behind the Confederacy’s use of torpedoes and submarines.

Product details

• Authors: Mark K Ragan, Mark K. Ragan
• Publisher: Texas A&M University Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 31.08.2015
• EAN: 9781623492786
• ISBN: 978-1-62349-278-6
• No. of pages: 296
• Dimensions: 164 mm x 244 mm x 30 mm
• Weight: 643 g
• Series: Ed Rachal Foundation Nautical; Ed Rachal Foundation Nautical Archaeology Series; Ed Rachal Foundation Nautical Archaeology Series; Ed Rachal Foundation Nautical
• Subjects: Fiction > Narrative literature > Letters, diaries; Natural sciences, medicine, IT, technology > Technology > Mechanical engineering, production engineering