Bil R
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- Joined
- Mar 23, 2011
- Location
- Massachusetts
Hello Everyone,
Here's another new book alert. This one is scheduled for release by the University of Alabama Press in August 2018. Here are the details -
Engines of the Rebellion: Confederate Ironclads and Steam Engineering in the American Civil War
by Saxon Bisbee, 272 pages, hardcover, price $60
For those interested in the technical details of Civil War ironclads this should be a good one. I have corresponded with Saxon on several occasions regarding this subject and his research is excellent. This book actually is an expansion of his master's thesis with additional discussion given to the technical trends of the era, the challenges presented by Confederate industrial capacity, and the needs of Confederate war strategy. Moreover, he sets the stage with a discussion of the different regional engineering practices in the antebellum era. This context should provide us with a better understanding of 'why' the Confederates pursued the designs they did. Saxon is also a talented artist and his profiles of Confederate ironclads are some of the best I've seen. It should be a well illustrated volume. This is the fruit of new research that John Littlefield alluded to in an earlier post. It's now listed on Amazon and I'm looking forward to it.
All the best,
Bil
Here's another new book alert. This one is scheduled for release by the University of Alabama Press in August 2018. Here are the details -
Engines of the Rebellion: Confederate Ironclads and Steam Engineering in the American Civil War
by Saxon Bisbee, 272 pages, hardcover, price $60
For those interested in the technical details of Civil War ironclads this should be a good one. I have corresponded with Saxon on several occasions regarding this subject and his research is excellent. This book actually is an expansion of his master's thesis with additional discussion given to the technical trends of the era, the challenges presented by Confederate industrial capacity, and the needs of Confederate war strategy. Moreover, he sets the stage with a discussion of the different regional engineering practices in the antebellum era. This context should provide us with a better understanding of 'why' the Confederates pursued the designs they did. Saxon is also a talented artist and his profiles of Confederate ironclads are some of the best I've seen. It should be a well illustrated volume. This is the fruit of new research that John Littlefield alluded to in an earlier post. It's now listed on Amazon and I'm looking forward to it.
All the best,
Bil