Confederate Ironclad 186165 by Angus Konstam

Confederate Ironclad 186165 by Angus Konstam

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An exploration of the Confederate ironclad fleet of the American Civil War. It includes a cutaway of one of the most famous ships of the period, the CSS Virginia, and eight pages of artwork depicting the variety of different ironclads.

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Confederate Ironclad 186165 by Angus Konstam

The creation of a Confederate ironclad fleet was a miracle of ingenuity, improvisation and logistics. Surrounded by a superior enemy fleet, Confederate designers adapted existing vessels or created new ones from the keel up with the sole purpose of breaking the naval stranglehold on the nascent country. Her ironclads were build in remote cornfields, on small inland rivers or in naval yards within sight of the enemy. The result was an unorthodox but remarkable collection of vessels, which were able to contest the rivers and coastal waters of the South for five years. This title explains how these vessels worked, how they were constructed, how they were manned and how they fought.

Angus Konstam is a Fellow of the Royal Historical Society and has written widely on naval history, with well over a hundred books in print. He is a former Royal Navy officer, maritime archaeologist and museum curator. Now a full-time author and historian, he lives in Orkney.

Tony Bryan
is a freelance illustrator of many years experience. He has a keen interest in military hardware – armour, small arms, aircraft and ships – and has produced many illustrations for partworks, magazines and books, including a number of titles in the New Vanguard series.

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ISBN 13 9781841763071
ISBN 10 1841763071
Title Confederate Ironclad 186165
Author Angus Konstam
Series New Vanguard
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Binding Type Paperback
Publisher Osprey Publishing
Year published 2001-08-31
Number of pages 48
Cover note Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary.
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