Brooke, John M. Ironclads and Big Guns of the Confederacy: The Journal and Letters of John M. Brooke. Edited by George M. Brooke, Jr. Columbia: University of South Carolina Press, 2002. Resignation from as lieutenant from the navy, Welles, 15-16 John Rodgers, political differences, friendship, 15-16 Blockade, suggests purchase of a French ironclad, Mallory, 16 Mallory, Robert E. Lee, Confederate navy, 17 Mallory, floating batteries, 18 Jefferson Davis and the Council, 18 Seward, 19 Jefferson Davis and officer appointments, 19 Drawing plans, troops, 20 Ordnance appointment, 20 Cowardly Yankees, hatred, 20 Work on a floating battery, plans, 22 Reviews his resignation and Confederate appointment, 23 Federal artillery, 23-24 In Confederate service under the Secretary of the Navy, 24 Confederate forces in Virginia, 24 Wants to capture a frigate with an ironclad, 24 Confederate preparations have prevented Federals from advancing, 25 Floating battery, Merrimac, 25ff Projectile for a smooth bore cannon, 25 Bull Run, Manassas, 26 Birth of daughter, 26 Jefferson Davis speech, Johnston and Beauregard, 26-27 Signal books, 26-27 Maury, torpedoes, 27 Plans to counter Federal gunboats on the Mississippi, 27 Yankees brought greased cords to hang Rebels, 27 Wife charges him with ignoring her suffering, want of affection, 27-28 Mallory, instructions to test iron plates at Tredegar, 28 Expects England and France to raised the blockade, 28 Glad to be separated from Yankee scoundrels, 28 Yankees getting southerners to gather information, complains about information in Mobile Register on the Merrimac, 29-30 Iron plate, guns, 30 Mallory, plan for destroying blockading ships, 30 Religion, promises wife to do better, 31-32 Troops fever, 31 Dislikes certain kinds of behavior in people, dislikes comparisons to her father, 32 Appropriations for repairing Merrimac, 32-33 Firng at Merrimac sides, testing, Jamestown, 33-34 Federal navy, Hatteras, battery, 34 Target firing, iron, shots and results, 34-37 1 Iron plating on Merrimac, guns, 37-38 Railroad iron for experiments, 39 Officer asks him to help change some money, 39 Norfolk, 40 Nursing daughter, milk, 40 Gambling paymaster, 41 Illness of daughter, iron for the Merrimac, 41 Norfolk, consultation on the Merrimac, 42 Gun carriages, 43 Iron plate fractures, 43-44 Work on Merrimac, tests on Jamestown island, targets, iron, 44-45 In charge of ordnance improvements, 45 Rifled cannon, 46 Tredegar, hurrying up iron for Merrimac, 46 Plans for 7 inch rifle, 46-47 Port Royal, 47 Tredegar guns, 47-48 Bursting of a rifled gun at Columbus, Kentucky, 48 Rifled cannon, powder, 51 Uniforms, 51 Merrimac center of gravity, 51 Shells, spring sabots, gun carriages, 52 Target shooting at Jamestown, 52-53 Trent affair, Mason Slidell, Yankees unfit republicans, 53, 55 Maury, gunboats, prefers to serve on the Merrimac, 54 Catesby Jones, need to speed up iron for the Merrimac, 54-56 Glad to be free of Yankeedom, 55 Firing and testing, 56 Gun, rifles, ranges, Catesby Jones, shells, powder, 58-59 Navy uniform, 59 Plan to destroy Yankee fleet at Cairo, gunboats, Franklin Buchanan, 59-60 Catesby Jones, rifle shell, ranges, new powder, 60-61 Bounty for naval enlistments, 61 Death of John Tyler, 61 Bust of Jefferson Davis, 61 Firing, ranges, charges, Catesby Jones, 62-64 Catesby Jones, gun and shell performance, 64-65 Rifle, gun, shells, 66 Laboratory explosion, death, 66 Brooke wants to go Merrimac despite sickness in his family, Mallory, 66-67 Delays with the Merrimac, 67-68 Mismanagement, coal, powder, Catesby Jones, 69 Muscoe Garnett, appropriations for ironclads, William Porcher Miles, Mallory, 69-71 Target sights and others details on the Merrimac, Catesby Jones, 70-71 Shells, signal books, changes in ordnance department, 71 Merrimac has sunk the Cumberland, 72 2 Obstruction of channel at Fort Powhatan, 72 Merrimac and the Minnesota, 73 Resent in Navy for Maury and Brooke, in part because of his reclusive habits, recommends physical exercise, 73 Iron solid shot, 74 Possible improvements to the Virginia, 74-75 Accounts of the Virginia against the Federal ships, 75-77 Tredegar, fired iron shot at a target, 77-78 Building of a small boat, 78 Solid iron shot, Tredegar, 79 William Garnett, on Brooke’s achievement with the Virginia, 79-80 Possible construction of an ironclad in Charleston, 80 Mallory to Catesby Jones, Virginia, 80 Ironclad gunboats, 81 Wrought iron shot, 81 Tredegar, hurrying up iron work, 81-82 Account of the origin of the ironclad Virginia, 82-83 New Orleans, plans for rifle guns, slow work, bad navy credit, 83-84 Shield for guns, 84 Wrought ion around many buildings, 85 Catesby Jones, firing shot, 85-86 Death of Albert Sidney Johnston, Henry S. Foote, 86 Brooke, Merrimac plans, Mallory, 87 Burning fluid and shells, 88 Plans to hold Richmond at all costs, April 1862, 88 Guns, banding and rifling, Tredegar, 89 Floating batteries, Fort Monroe, 89 Evacuation of Norfolk, 90 Loss of Virginia, bad management in the Confederacy, 90 Shot, iron, 91 Prussian percussion fuze, 91 Drewry’s Bluff, shield, 91-92 Navy ruined by seniority system, 92 Instrument for adjusting cannon sights, 92 Robert E. Lee, Armstrong gun, 92-93 Catesby Jones, Chattahoochee, Columbus, Georgia, 93 Robert E. Lee, Gorgas, railroad battery, 94 Railroad-iron plated battery, 94 Postal rates, 94 Housing in Richmond, 94 Plans for the Merrimac, 95 Seven Days, 96-97 Steam battering ram, 96 Arms and powder supply, 97 John Taylor Wood, James River, 97 Women in Richmond, 97-98 3 Possible European recognition, 98 Optimistic about Confederate prospects, Lincoln call for more troops, 98 Large gun being bored out, 99 Mallory, long discussion of ordnance, torpedoes, 99 Defeat of McClellan, asks wife to be more hopeful, 100 Beauregard, Lee is the only great general, then Jackson, 100 Postage charges, 101 McClellan, Butler, 101 No good place for ordnance experiments, 101 Vicksburg, 102 Brooke to Mallory on construction of ironclads, 102-4 Outraged by orders of Union generals, 105 Construction of the Richmond, 106 Mallory, opposition of Charles M. Conrad in Congress, 107-9 Denies that Confederacy can be crushed, 107 Food prices in Richmond, 107 Nomination of Brooke, lieutenant, 109 Brooke gun, Whitworth Ordnance company, 110 Promotion to commander, promotion over seniors and resentment, 110-11 Long gun, parrot gun, 111 Catesby Jones, promotion by merit, 112 Catesby Jones, work on the Chattahoochee, 112-13 Mobile, controversy over promotions, 113 Rifles, iron bolt, shot, charge, test, 115-16 Specifications for ironclad built in England, percussion fuze, rifled artillery, 116-18 Gun, Tredegar, 118 The Richmond, Mallory, firing guns under water, 118-19 Platinum plate, sights, gun manufacture, 119-20 Sighting guns, 120 Mallory, various guns, 120 Gun, target, Tredegar, firing results, 121-22 Fitting a gun on ship, 122 Drewry’s Bluff defenses, gun sights, firing shots, 122-23 Instruments, strength of guns, double banded rifles, enemy ironclads, 124 Feasibility of boarding Federal ironclads at Charleston, 124-25 Shell fired under water, 125 Gun metal at Tredegar, experiments, 125 Guns, shells, deep water, 126 Treble banded gun, testing, range, iron shot, 126-27 Inflammable liquid that burns on water, 127 Mallory, discussion of guns, 127 Selma foundry, 128 Admiral Buchanan, regular gun reports, 129 Gun sent for Charleston defense, 129 Gorgas, Beauregard, damage to Sumter, 129-30 Drewry’s Bluff, firing, target, 130 4 Catesby Jones, Beauregard, Brooke gun, ironclads, 131-32 Drewry’s Bluff, 132 Franklin Buchanan, storing powder, 133 Brooke guns, Fort Sumter, Alfred Rhett, 133 Catesby Jones, Selma foundry, rolling mill, 134 Fire at Tredegar, rifling machine, guns being cast, 134-35 Catesby Jones, Selma, unpaid workmen, 135 Stepmother, 136 Catesby Jones, pay, Selma foundry, need for a paymaster, 136-37 Catesby Jones, Selma, details, requisitions, 136-37 Vicksburg, Gettysburg campaign, 137-38 Deficiency in guns, Charleston, 138-39 Slave given to granddaughter, 139 James Island, South Carolina, bursting of Brooke gun, 139-40 Gun firing at Tredegar, 140 Navy rifles used by army, Beauregard, Charleston, gun bursting, 140-42 Brooke rifle, Tredegar, 142-43 Jefferson Davis does not respect others’ opinions, 143 Gorgas, shelling of Charleston, 144 Catesby Jones, Selma, Mallory, 144 Blakely Rifle, inspection, drawing, gas chamber, 145-47 Catesby Jones, Selma, foundry, 147 Fuzes, 148 Charleston, Ripley, 148 Drawing of Blakely gun, 148-49 Josiah Gorgas, gas chamber, 149 Franklin Buchanan, guns for the Tennessee, Mallory, 149-50 George W. Rains, Powder Works, Augusta, Georgia, Beauregard, Gorgas, 150 Blakely gun, 151 Franklin Buchanan, Tennessee, Brooke guns, 152 Drewry’s Bluff, firing shots, 152-53 Experimental battery, James River, 153 Ordnance workshops, heavy guns, foundries, Mining and Nitre Bureau, 153-55 Catesby Jones, Selma, workers, machinery, Jefferson Davis, lathes, 156 Charlotte, fuze washers, 156 Weights of projectiles, powder charges, Department of South Carolina, Georgia, Florida, bolts, rifled guns, 156-59 Liverpool, ordnance works, Armstrong guns, 160-63 Rank, uniform, 162 Need for supply of standard works on guns, projectiles, fuses, powder, timberworks, mining, 164, 174 Alfred Rhett, Brooke rifle, Charleston firing, 164-65 Liverpool, John R. Hamilton, 600 pounder Armstrong gun, 165-67 Report on bursting of treble banded seven-inch gun, Sullivan’s Island, George W. Rains, 167-69 Project of blockade runner R. E. Lee to Halifax, Catesby Jones, 169 Contributions of John Brooke to gunnery, rifled guns, Brooke rifles, bursting, 170-73 5 Brooks guns, defense of Charleston, 173-74 Forged report, Secretary of the Navy, 175 Chaffin’s Bluff, bursting Brooke rifle, 175-76 Bursting of rifled guns at Vicksburg, 176 Vessel and shields, board examination, 176-77 Brooke gun, burst at Fort Powell, Mobile, 177 James D. Bulloch, Liverpool, cast steel, zinc and block tin for Brooke, 177 Fort Johnson, South Carolina, gun firing, projectiles, firing, accuracy, kinds of shot, 178-80 Gorgas, adjustment of sights, 180 Bursting of Brooke rifle, Battery Simkins, James Island, South Carolina, 180 Gorgas Diary, ordnance department, Rains, Augusta, 181 Mallory to James D.