"The role of ironclads in the larger evolution of nineteenth-century armored naval vessels surely deserves study. It gets that attention in abundance here."
—Journal of Southern History
"Bisbee is to be applauded for his level of research and the organization of his ground-breaking study. This information is available nowhere else, and without it students only had an incomplete picture of the complex creatures that were Southern ironclads. Why they worked as well as they did—and why they didn’t—has now been answered much more satisfactorily. Stephen Mallory was right: Southern naval efforts accomplished much more than most people ever realized."
—Civil War News
"If you have ever wondered how the ironclad ships of the Confederacy were constructed and powered, this book will prove to be a phenomenal resource to the serious scholar of the Civil War Navy or those interested in 19th century steam engineering."
—Hampton Road Naval Museum
"[Engines of Rebellion] very effectively argues that the Confederate ironclad program, operating under enormous wartime pressures, was a remarkable achievement of engineering improvisation and skill. This fascinating study of Confederate ironclads and the machinery that drove them is a significant contribution to Civil War naval history and technology."
—Civil War Books and Authors
“Engines of Rebellion is unquestionably a contribution to our knowledge of Confederate naval vessels, particularly their machinery.”
—William N. Still Jr., author of Crisis at Sea: The United States Navy in European Waters in World War I and coauthor of Raiders and Blockaders: The American Civil War Afloat
“Meticulous in the detail presented, Engines of Rebellion brings together a wide assortment of engineering and wartime service documentation in a comprehensive study of the innovation and resourcefulness that characterized the Southern war effort.”
—Maritime Archaeological and Historical Society News
“Provides an important look at the issues that the Confederate Navy dealt with, both in acquiring the machinery, but also the issues concerning the operation of the machinery. This book is thoroughly researched, insightful, and well written.”
—Robert M. Browning Jr., author of Lincoln's Trident: The West Gulf Blockading Squadron during the Civil War and Success Is All that Was Expected: The South Atlantic Blockading Squadron during the Civil War
