Engineer in gray : memoirs of chief engineer James H. Tomb, CSN

Publication

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Jacksonville History Center

Name/Title

Engineer in gray : memoirs of chief engineer James H. Tomb, CSN

Entry/Object ID

Library.636

Tags

Confederate States Navy, Torpedo boats, Torpedo service, H.L. Hunley, Submarine, Jacksonville, Florida

Description

viii, 206 p. : ill; maps ; 27 cm "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.

Collection

Library

Lexicon

Nomenclature 4.0

Nomenclature Primary Object Term

Book

Nomenclature Sub-Class

Other Documents

Nomenclature Class

Documentary Objects

Nomenclature Category

Category 08: Communication Objects

Search Terms

Confederate States of America. -- Navy -- Biography., United States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 -- Personal narratives, Confederate.

Publication Details

Author

Tomb, James H. (James Hamilton), Campbell, R. Thomas, 1938-

Publisher

McFarland & Co.

Place Published

* Untyped Place Published

Jefferson, N.C.

Call No.

E 596 .T66 2005

ISBN

07864199911