Confederate Ironclads at War - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook Confederate Ironclads at War write by R. Thomas Campbell. This book was released on 2019-02-06. Confederate Ironclads at War available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Hampered by lack of materials, shipyards and experienced shipbuilders, even so the South managed to construct 34 iron-armored warships during the Civil War, of which the Confederate Navy put 25 into service. The stories of these vessels illustrate the hardships under which the Navy operated--and also its resourcefulness. Except for the Albemarle, no Confederate ironclad was sunk or destroyed by enemy action. Overtaken by events on the ground, most were destroyed by their own crews to prevent them from falling into Union hands. This account covers the design and construction and the engagements of the Confederate ironclads and describes the ingenuity and courage, as well as the challenges and frustrations of their "too little, too late" service.
Engines of Rebellion
Engines of Rebellion - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook Engines of Rebellion write by Saxon Bisbee. This book was released on 2018-08-07. Engines of Rebellion available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. The development of steam propulsion machinery in warships during the nineteenth century, in conjunction with iron armor and shell guns, resulted in a technological revolution in the world's navies. Warships utilizing all of these technologies were built in France and Great Britain in the 1850s, but it was during the American Civil War that large numbers of ironclads powered solely by steam proved themselves to be quite capable warships. This book focuses on Confederate ironclads with American built machinery, offering a detailed look at marine steam-engineering practices in both northern and southern industry prior to and during the Civil War. It gives a contextual naval history of the Civil War, the creation of the ironclad program, and the advent of various technologies. The author analyzes the armored warships built by the Confederate States of America that represented a style adapted to scarce industrial resources and facilities.
Confederate Ironclad Vs Union Ironclad
Confederate Ironclad Vs Union Ironclad - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook Confederate Ironclad Vs Union Ironclad write by Ron Field. This book was released on 2008-11-18. Confederate Ironclad Vs Union Ironclad available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. The Ironclad was a revolutionary weapon of war. Although iron was used for protection in the Far East during the 16th century, it was the 19th century and the American Civil War that heralded the first modern armored self-propelled warships. With the parallel pressures of civil war and the industrial revolution, technology advanced at a breakneck speed. It was the South who first utilized ironclads as they attempted to protect their ports from the Northern blockade. Impressed with their superior resistance to fire and their ability to ram vulnerable wooden ships, the North began to develop its own rival fleet of ironclads. Eventually these two products of this first modern arms race dueled at the battle of Hampton Roads in a clash that would change the face of naval warfare. Fully illustrated with cutting-edge digital artwork, rare photographs and first-person perspective gun sight views, this book allows the reader to discover the revolutionary and radically different designs of the two rival Ironclads - the CSS Virginia and USS Monitor - through an analysis of each ship's weaponry, ammunition and steerage. Compare the contrasting training of the crews and re-live the horrors of the battle at sea in a war which split a nation, communities and even families.
Confederate Ironclad 1861–65
Confederate Ironclad 1861–65 - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook Confederate Ironclad 1861–65 write by Angus Konstam. This book was released on 2001-08-25. Confederate Ironclad 1861–65 available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. The creation of a Confederate ironclad fleet was a miracle of ingenuity, improvisation and logistics. Surrounded by a superior enemy fleet, Confederate designers adapted existing vessels or created new ones from the keel up with the sole purpose of breaking the naval stranglehold on the nascent country. Her ironclads were build in remote cornfields, on small inland rivers or in naval yards within sight of the enemy. The result was an unorthodox but remarkable collection of vessels, which were able to contest the rivers and coastal waters of the South for five years. This title explains how these vessels worked, how they were constructed, how they were manned and how they fought.
Civil War Ironclads: The Dawn Of Naval Armor
Civil War Ironclads: The Dawn Of Naval Armor - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook Civil War Ironclads: The Dawn Of Naval Armor write by Robert MacBride. This book was released on 2015-11-06. Civil War Ironclads: The Dawn Of Naval Armor available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Civil War expert Robert MacBride charts the history of the ironclads of the Civil War, heavily illustrated with plans and diagrams. The battle between the USS Monitor and the CSS Virginia (nee Merrimack), at Hampton Roads was neither the beginning nor the end of the story of the ironclad warships in the Civil War. Both the Union and the Confederate navies not only had other ironclad ships in commission at the time of the battle, they already had used them in combat. The months following saw the appearance of squadrons of monitors and casemate ironclads of the general design of the Virginia. It is with the sequels to the Battle of Hampton Roads that this book is primarily concerned.
