Record #:

21360

Author(s):

Waters, W. Davis

Abstract:

A look at the military career of Confederate Brigadier General Gabriel J. Rains as related to his expertise with land mines and \"subterra shells,\" and eventually his experimentation with and development of the use of marine mines while serving as the head of the newly created Torpedo Bureau.

Source:

North Carolina Historical Review (NoCar F251 .N892), Vol. 66 Issue 1, Jan 1989, p29-60, il, por

Subject(s):

North Carolina--History--Civil War, 1861-1865--Confederate Torpedo Bureau; Rains, Gabriel J., 1803-1881