"John Morris Wampler was a topographical engineer in the Provisional Army of the Confederate States and eventually became chief engineer of the Confederate Army

While engineers played a critical role in the performance of both the Union and Confederate armies during the Civil War, few historians have examined their expe

The development of steam propulsion machinery in warships during the nineteenth century, in conjunction with iron armor and shell guns, resulted in a technologi

An alphabetical listing and description of known Confederate ships and a listing with short biography of men in the Confederate States Navy and Marines.