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1 online resource |
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polychrome |
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text file |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index. |
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Cover; Title; Copyright; CONTENTS; DEDICATION; ACKNOWLEDGMENTS; PREFACE; GLOSSARY; LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS; CHAPTER I: EARLY MILITARY SERVICE AND YORKTOWN; CHAPTER II: THE ROAD TO RICHMOND; CHAPTER III: CONSCRIPTION and EXPERIMENTATION; CHAPTER IV: SPECIAL ASSIGNMENT; CHAPTER V: "THESE SHELLS ARE NOW APPRECIATED"; CHAPTER VI: EPILOGUE -- The AIKEN YEARS; CHAPTER VII: NATIONAL DEFENSE PERFECTED BY LAND AND SEA; APPENDIX A: LIST OF MEN IN CHARLESTON'S TORPEDO SERVICE; APPENDIX B: RAINS LETTER TO JEFFERSON DAVIS ABOUT SINKING OF THE TECUMSEH. |
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APPENDIX C: REPORT OF JOHN MAXWELL ON CITY POINT EXPLOSION AND ENDORSEMENTS BY MCDANIEL AND RAINSAPPENDIX D: RAINS LETTER TO W.T. WALTHAL FOR USE BY JEFFERSON DAVIS FOR RISE AND FALL OF THE CONFEDERATE GOVERNMENT; APPENDIX E: TORPEDOES; APPENDIX F: A LIST OF VESSELS SUNK BY TORPEDOES; APPENDIX G: RAINS FAMILY EVACUATES RICHMOND; BIBLIOGRAPHY; INDEX; ABOUT THE AUTHORS. |
| Local Note |
eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
| Subject |
Rains, Gabriel James, 1803-1881.
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Rains, Gabriel James, 1803-1881. |
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Soldiers -- Confederate States of America -- Biography.
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Soldiers. |
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Biographies.
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Torpedoes -- Confederate States of America.
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Torpedoes. |
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North Carolina -- History.
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North Carolina. |
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History. |
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United States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865.
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HISTORY -- United States -- State & Local -- General. |
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United States. |
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United States -- Confederate States of America. |
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American Civil War (United States : 1861-1865) |
| Chronological Term |
1861-1865 |
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Electronic books.
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History.
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Biographies.
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| Added Author |
Brown, Joseph I., author.
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| Other Form: |
Print version: Waters, W. Davis (William Davis), 1947- Gabriel Rains and the Confederate Torpedo Bureau. El Dorado Hills, CA : Savas Beatie, [2017] 1611213509 9781611213508 (OCoLC)959035280 |
| ISBN |
9781940669700 (electronic book) |
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1940669707 (electronic book) |
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9781611213508 |
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1611213509 |
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