Statistics for occurrence #1 of “Captain Lee” in chapter 39 of The Annals of the Civil War Written by Leading Participants North and South:
... relied on. Captain Lee had also an electric torpedo, which exploded by concussion against a hard object; the electric current, being thus established, insured the discharge at the right moment.
Captain Lee is the inventor also of the spar-torpedo as an attachment to vessels, now in general use in the Federal navy.
It originated as follows: He reported to me that he thought he could blow up successfu...
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