"During the Civil War, the Confederacy developed "torpedoes." Includes General Gabriel J. Rains' (Confederate Torpedo Bureau director), manual for both land and water mines. Captain Peter S. Michie in Notes Explaining Rebel Torpedoes and Ordnance documents from the Federal perspective. Detailed accounting of vessels sunk or damaged by Confederate torpedoes and numerous photographs of existing specimens are included"--Provided by publisher.

Acknowledgements -- Preface -- I. Gabriel J. Rains -- Biographical Introduction -- Editorial Notes -- Contents and Plates -- Torpedo Book -- II.. Peter S. Michie -- Biographical Introduction -- Editorial Notes -- Contents -- Notes Explaining Rebel Torpedoes and Ordnance as shown in Plates Nos. 1 to 21 Inclusive -- Editor's Appendix 1: Vessels Sunk or Damaged by Confederate Torpedoes -- Editor's Appendix 2: Examples of Extant Confederate Torpedoes -- Editor's Appendix 3: Plates not Referenced in Rains Text -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Index