Engineer in gray

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"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.

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

People: James H. Tomb

Places: Confederate States of America,  United States

Times: Civil War, 1861-1865