Product Description

After more than a decade of research at the National Archives and other repositories in the South and Mid Atlantic, Mark Ragan has put together an exhaustive work on the CSS H. L. Hunley. The narrative begins in the small machine shop in Mobile, Alabama, where the Hunley was conceived. The last chapter includes a detailed account of the recovery and excavation of the vessel. Ragan s personal accounts of his research and related activity enhance the overall reading experience. It ends with the vessel's recovery from her century-old gravesite on the ocean floor and the return to land of her final crew.
This volume contains photographs and documents gathered from private and public archives around the United States and brings the reader up to date on the history of the vessel, as it has evolved since the publication of Mark Ragan's first book in 1995, The Hunley: Submarines, Sacrifice, & Success in the Civil War. The new work adds an index and includes expanded endnotes, increasing its value as reference tool.

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #1101376 in Books
• Published on: 2006-11-02
• Original language: English
• Number of items: 1
• Binding: Paperback
• 360 pages

About the Author
Mark K. Ragan served as Hunley project historian during the recovery and excavation of this history-making Civil War submarine. He dove with the South Carolina Institute of Archaeology and Anthropology during the 1999 investigation of the Hunley's victim the USS Housatonic, and worked as a diver on the night shift when the submarine was being retrieved from its watery bed. He occasionally assisted the archaeologists assigned the task of excavating the interior of the little torpedo boat. He holds a degree in archeology/anthropology and has published three previous volumes on the Civil War submarines. Mark Ragan lives with his wife in Maryland, where he owns Chesapeake Submarine Service, Inc

Customer Reviews

Perhaps the best reference on the Confederate submarine Hunley
This is a new, updated version of "The Hunley: Submarines, Sacrifice, & Success in the Civil War", now simply renamed. Like the original, this slightly smaller format trade paperback edition is illustrated with period drawings, photos, and copies of documents. The richly informed and annotated text of the first five chapters is nearly identical to the early edition, but laid out for easier reading and reference. The expanded sixth and last chapter includes a detailed account of the recovery and excavation of the vessel, which happened since the original publication, and in which Ragan participated. As in the original, Ragan's personal accounts of his research and related activity enhances the overall reading experience. The new work adds an index and includes expanded endnotes, increasing its value as reference tool.

Great and Informative Book
This book has it all! The author includes copies of original letters and pictures which I think adds to the book. I especially liked the engineering drawings of the submarine itself. A read, I'd suggest anyone to read it.

Good Book
I used this book for a research paper and it was helpful. Some of the information did not match up with other books on the subject, but overall it was a good read. I would recommend it to anyone interested in Civil War or the Hunley.