Union and Confederate Submarine Warfare in the Civil War
Publisher: Da Capo Press; Savas Pub.
Published: June 1999
Language: eng
Format: Hardcover
Number of pages: 310
ISBN-13: 9781882810321
Subjects: American history: c 1800 to c 1900; Maritime history; Naval forces & warfare; United States; Military Science; Military History - U.S. Civil War; Submarines; History; History - Military / War; Submarines (Ships); History: American; USA; Naval operations; Military - Naval; United States - Civil War; Civil War, 1861-1865; Submarine
First sentence: Although a handful of small and primitive submarines had been constructed and launched prior to the American Civil War, their potential for disrupting and destroying surface vessels was not fully realized until that conflict.