Earl J. Hess, Emeritus, Lincoln Memorial University, Harrogate, Tennessee, is the author or editor of twenty-six books on Civil War history. They include Civil War Logistics: A Study of Military Transportation (Louisiana State University Press, 2017), Civil War Supply and Strategy: Feeding Men and Moving Armies (Louisiana State University Press, 2020), and Animal Histories of the Civil War Era (Louisiana State University Press, 2022). Hess’s study of Civil War Infantry Tactics: Training, Combat, and Small-Unit Effectiveness (Louisiana State University Press, 2015), received the Tom Watson Brown Book Award of the Society of Civil War Historians.

Civil War Torpedoes and the Global Development of Landminerepresents a needed refresh in examining the technical developments behind, tactical application of, and legacy surrounding land-based torpedoes and land mines in the Civil War … Earl Hess has provided a valuable addition to the literature on Civil War military technologyand the global history of land mines.

Earl J. Hess, Emeritus, Lincoln Memorial University, Harrogate, Tennessee, is the author or editor of twenty-six books on Civil War history. They include Civil War Logistics: A Study of Military Transportation (Louisiana State University Press, 2017), Civil War Supply and Strategy: Feeding Men and Moving Armies (Louisiana State University Press, 2020), and Animal Histories of the Civil War Era (Louisiana State University Press, 2022). Hess’s study of Civil War Infantry Tactics: Training, Combat, and Small-Unit Effectiveness (Louisiana State University Press, 2015), received the Tom Watson Brown Book Award of the Society of Civil War Historians.

Civil War Torpedoes and the Global Development of Landminerepresents a needed refresh in examining the technical developments behind, tactical application of, and legacy surrounding land-based torpedoes and land mines in the Civil War … Earl Hess has provided a valuable addition to the literature on Civil War military technologyand the global history of land mines.

Earl J. Hess, Emeritus, Lincoln Memorial University, Harrogate, Tennessee, is the author or editor of twenty-six books on Civil War history. They include Civil War Logistics: A Study of Military Transportation (Louisiana State University Press, 2017), Civil War Supply and Strategy: Feeding Men and Moving Armies (Louisiana State University Press, 2020), and Animal Histories of the Civil War Era (Louisiana State University Press, 2022). Hess’s study of Civil War Infantry Tactics: Training, Combat, and Small-Unit Effectiveness (Louisiana State University Press, 2015), received the Tom Watson Brown Book Award of the Society of Civil War Historians.

Civil War Torpedoes and the Global Development of Landminerepresents a needed refresh in examining the technical developments behind, tactical application of, and legacy surrounding land-based torpedoes and land mines in the Civil War … Earl Hess has provided a valuable addition to the literature on Civil War military technologyand the global history of land mines.