As noted in the foreword to Clad in Iron, books on the introduction of the steam powered ironclad warship invariably fall into one of two categories, technical treatments of the ships or battle pieces ...

During this episode we witness the battle of ironclad ships, partake of camp life, and watch slavery begin to crumble. We meet Ulysses S. Grant, whose exploits come to a bloody climax at the ...

However, the Confederate States Navy had other ideas, successfully raising the vessel, rebuilding it as a casemate ironclad ram—co-designed by then-Lieutenants John Mercer Brooke (1826-1906 ...

xxix, 409. Illus., notes, biblio., index. $23.95 paper. ISBN:1591142970. As noted in the foreword to Clad in Iron, books on the introduction of the steam powered ironclad warship invariably fall into ...