Statistics for occurrence #1 of “Charleston Harbor” in chapter 12 of James Barnes, author of David G. Farragut, Naval Actions of 1812, Yank ee Ships and Yankee Sailors, Commodore Bainbridge , The Blockaders, and other naval and historical works, The Photographic History of The Civil War: in ten volumes, Thousands of Scenes Photographed 1861-65, with Text by many Special Authorities, Volume 6: The Navy.:
...inventions of the Confederate navy.
Back of the group of happy children lies one of the Davids or torpedo-boats with which the Confederates made repeated attempts to destroy the Federal vessels in Charleston Harbor , and thus raise the blockade.
The Confederates were the first to employ torpedoes in the war, at Aquia Creek, July 7, 1861. Captain F. D. Lee, C. S. N., was working on designs for a torpedo ram ear...
| Max. Freq. | Min. Freq. | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Entity | Corpus | Doc | Corpus | Doc | |||
| † | Charleston Harbor (South Carolina, United States) | 1,700 | 49 | 36 | 1 | 0 user votes | |
† This entity has been selected by the automated classifier as the most likely match in this context. It may or may not be the correct match.