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• catalog abstract ""Loaded with previously unavailable information about the Confederate Navy's effort to supply its fledgling forces, the wartime diaries and letters of John M. Brooke (1826-1906) tell the story of the Confederate naval ordnance office, its innovations, and its strategic vision. As Confederate commander of ordnance and hydrography in Richmond, Virginia, during the Civil War, Brooke numbered among the military officers who resigned their U.S. commissions and "went South" to join the Confederate forces at the onset of the conflict. A twenty-year veteran of the United States Navy who had been appointed a midshipman at the age of fourteen, Brooke was largely a self-taught military scientist whose inventions included the Brooke Deep-Sea Sounding Lead. In addition to his achievements as an inventor, Brookes was a draftsman, diarist, and inveterate letter-writer. His copious correspondence about military and personal matters from the war yields detailed and often unexpected insights into the Confederacy's naval operations."--Jacket.".
• catalog contributor b12513108.
• catalog contributor b12513109.
• catalog coverage "United States History Civil War, 1861-1865 Naval operations, Confederate.".
• catalog coverage "United States History Civil War, 1861-1865 Personal narratives, Confederate.".
• catalog created "c2002.".
• catalog date "2002".
• catalog date "c2002.".
• catalog dateCopyrighted "c2002.".
• catalog description ""Loaded with previously unavailable information about the Confederate Navy's effort to supply its fledgling forces, the wartime diaries and letters of John M. Brooke (1826-1906) tell the story of the Confederate naval ordnance office, its innovations, and its strategic vision. As Confederate commander of ordnance and hydrography in Richmond, Virginia, during the Civil War, Brooke numbered among the military officers who resigned their U.S. commissions and "went South" to join the Confederate forces at the onset of the conflict. A twenty-year veteran of the United States Navy who had been appointed a midshipman at the age of fourteen, Brooke was largely a self-taught military scientist whose inventions included the Brooke Deep-Sea Sounding Lead. In addition to his achievements as an inventor, Brookes was a draftsman, diarist, and inveterate letter-writer. His copious correspondence about military and personal matters from the war yields detailed and often unexpected insights into the Confederacy's naval operations."--Jacket.".
• catalog description "Includes bibliographical references (p. 251-252 and index.".
• catalog description "Introduction : Brooke's actions on the eve of war -- Brooke's resignation from the United States Navy and appointment to Confederate service -- Conversion of the Merrimac to the Virginia and experiments in ordnance -- The Virginia in Hampton Roads -- James River defense, inventions, personal woes, and promotion -- Developments in ordnance -- Personal sorrow and continued activity in ordnance -- Hard work to the end.".
• catalog extent "xv, 257 p. :".
• catalog identifier "1570034184 (alk. paper)".
• catalog isPartOf "Studies in maritime history".
• catalog issued "2002".
• catalog issued "c2002.".
• catalog language "eng".
• catalog publisher "Columbia : University of South Carolina Press,".
• catalog spatial "Confederate States of America".
• catalog spatial "United States History Civil War, 1861-1865 Naval operations, Confederate.".
• catalog spatial "United States History Civil War, 1861-1865 Personal narratives, Confederate.".
• catalog subject "973.7/57 21".
• catalog subject "Brooke, John M. (John Mercer), 1826-1906 Correspondence.".
• catalog subject "Brooke, John M. (John Mercer), 1826-1906 Diaries.".
• catalog subject "Confederate States of America. Navy Officers Correspondence.".
• catalog subject "Confederate States of America. Navy Officers Diaries.".
• catalog subject "Confederate States of America. Navy Ordnance and ordnance stores.".
• catalog subject "E467.1 .B768 2002".
• catalog subject "Inventors Confederate States of America Biography.".
• catalog subject "Virginia (Ironclad)".
• catalog tableOfContents "Introduction : Brooke's actions on the eve of war -- Brooke's resignation from the United States Navy and appointment to Confederate service -- Conversion of the Merrimac to the Virginia and experiments in ordnance -- The Virginia in Hampton Roads -- James River defense, inventions, personal woes, and promotion -- Developments in ordnance -- Personal sorrow and continued activity in ordnance -- Hard work to the end.".
• catalog title "Ironclads and big guns of the Confederacy : the journal and letters of John M. Brooke / edited by George M. Brooke, Jr.".
• catalog type "text".