All things dealing with the Civil War Navies and actions along the coasts and rivers and against forts. Emphasis will be placed on Fort Fisher and all operations around Wilmington, NC. And, of course, the Blockade and Running the Blockade.
Thursday, March 21, 2019
Confirmation of James H. Tomb's Sons-- Part 2:
Papers of James Hamilton Tomb (died after 1900) of Florida include his memoirs of the Civil War when he was a chief engineering officer in the Confederate Navy; correspondence(partly in Portuguese) while a Brazilian navy officer, 1866-1867, and recollections and drawings of a torpedo which sank a Brazilian warship; and post war correspondence about Civil War naval actions with former Confederate and Union navy officers and other interested persons.
The Civil war papers especially concern Confederate torpedoes and the submarines used in the attempt to break the Charleston blockade.
Other papers include various records of naval service of his sons, captains William Victor Tomb (died 1941) and James Harvey Tomb (died 1946), including a diary, 1917-1918, of W.T. Tomb while on convoy duty in the Atlantic during World War I.
O.K. We have Confirmation. Both Were the Sons of James Hamilton Tomb. --Old B-Runner
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