Engineer in gray

By James H. Tomb

Subjects: United states, history, civil war, 1861-1865, personal narratives, confederate, Confederate States of America, History, Naval operations, Technology, Engineers, biography, Confederate states of america, navy, Sea life, Confederate states of america, biography, Biography, United states, history, civil war, 1861-1865, naval operations, Confederate States of America. Navy, Marine engineers, United States Civil War, 1861-1865, Torpedo-boats, Confederate Personal narratives

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.