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  • Cover; Title; Copyright; CONTENTS; DEDICATION; ACKNOWLEDGMENTS; PREFACE; GLOSSARY; LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS; CHAPTER I: EARLY MILITARY SERVICE AND YORKTOWN; CHAPTER II: THE ROAD TO RICHMOND; CHAPTER III: CONSCRIPTION and EXPERIMENTATION; CHAPTER IV: SPECIAL ASSIGNMENT; CHAPTER V: "THESE SHELLS ARE NOW APPRECIATED"; CHAPTER VI: EPILOGUE
  • The AIKEN YEARS; CHAPTER VII: NATIONAL DEFENSE PERFECTED BY LAND AND SEA; APPENDIX A: LIST OF MEN IN CHARLESTON'S TORPEDO SERVICE; APPENDIX B: RAINS LETTER TO JEFFERSON DAVIS ABOUT SINKING OF THE TECUMSEH.
  • APPENDIX C: REPORT OF JOHN MAXWELL ON CITY POINT EXPLOSION AND ENDORSEMENTS BY MCDANIEL AND RAINSAPPENDIX D: RAINS LETTER TO W.T. WALTHAL FOR USE BY JEFFERSON DAVIS FOR RISE AND FALL OF THE CONFEDERATE GOVERNMENT; APPENDIX E: TORPEDOES; APPENDIX F: A LIST OF VESSELS SUNK BY TORPEDOES; APPENDIX G: RAINS FAMILY EVACUATES RICHMOND; BIBLIOGRAPHY; INDEX; ABOUT THE AUTHORS.