Engineer in gray

By James H. Tomb

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