Confederate coal torpedo : Thomas Courtenay's infernal sabotage weapon /
"Forged in the fires of a desperate war, these cast iron bombs were shaped like pieces of coal to explode in the boilers of Northern ships. Their sabotage was successful and spread fear through the high command causing men like Admiral Porter and General Sherman to order any Rebel caught with t...
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Fredericksburg, Va :
Keith Kenerly Press,
c2011.
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