Title: Engineer in gray
Description: "James Hamilton Tomb devoted almost 12 years of his life to wartime naval service. A steam engineer by profession and a torpedo expert by circumstance, Tomb was in the forefront of naval weapons technology of the period. Within days of his commissioning, he was on his way to his first assignment--first class engineer on the CSS Jackson"--Provided by publisher.
Subjects: Biography, Confederate Personal narratives, Confederate States of America, Confederate States of America. Navy, History, Marine engineers, Naval operations, Sea life, Technology, Torpedo-boats, United States Civil War, 1861-1865, Confederate states of america, navy, Confederate states of america, biography, Engineers, biography, United states, history, civil war, 1861-1865, naval operations, United states, history, civil war, 1861-1865, personal narratives, confederate
Places: Confederate States of America, United States
People: James H. Tomb
Time periods: Civil War, 1861-1865