Engines of Rebellion – Confederate Ironclads and Steam Engineering in the Ameri…

The University of Alabama Press

Engines of RebellionConfederate Ironclads and Steam Engineering in the American Civil War\nAuthor(s): Saxon Bisbee\nFormat: Hardback\nPublisher: The University of Alabama Press, United States\nImprint: The University of Alabama Press\nISBN-13: 9780817319861, 978-0817319861\nSynopsis\nA challenge to the prevailing idea that Confederate ironclads were inherently defective.\nThe development of steam propulsion machinery in warships during the nineteenth century, in conjunction with iron armor and shell guns, resulted in a technological revolution in the worlds navies. Warships utilizing all of these technologies were built in France and Great Britain in the 1850s, but it was during the American Civil War that large numbers of ironclads powered solely by steam proved themselves to be quite capable warships. \nHistorians have given little attention to the engineering of Confederate ironclads, although the Confederacy was often quite creative in building and obtaining marine power plants. .