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The Monitor was a Union warship. It fought the Merrimac(k) and lost on March 9 1862
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The northern ironclad ship was called this?
The Confederate ship was called the Merrimack and the Union ship was called the Monitor.
What is the name of the first union ironclad?
The first practical Union ironclad was the USS Monitor. While the Monitor carried only two guns, they were superior to the fixed broadsides of the Confederate CSS Virginia (the original name of the ship was "Merrimac", which is how the ship is widely known) because the Monitor's guns were in a rotating turret which could be aimed in any direction. The fixed cannon of the Virginia could be turned only slightly; in order to turn the guns, they needed to turn the ship.
The black slave who would later captain a Union ship was?
Robert Smalls was a slave who commandeered a Confederate ship and made his way to freedom. He then went into service with the Union army.
Is Mississippi union or confederate?
confederate
Who suffered more casualties the union of the confederate?
the union. about 350,000 on the union side about 250,000 on the confederate side
What was the famous union ironclad ship?
The Union Ironclad ship was the Monitor. The Confederate ship was the Virginia.
How did the union ship monitor and the confederate ship change the navy's around the world?
Ironclad.
The northern ironclad ship was called this?
The Confederate ship was called the Merrimack and the Union ship was called the Monitor.
What was the outcome of the battle at sea between the union ship monitor and confederate ship Virginia?
Neither side won
. What was the outcome of the battle at sea between the Union ship Monitor and the Confederate ship Virginia?
Neither side won
What was the outcome of the battle of sea between the union ship monitor and the confederate ship Virginia?
Neither side won
What is the monitor in the civil war?
The Monitor was an ironclad ship created by the Union to battle against the Confederate ironclad called the Virginia (Merrimack).
What was the union ironclad that was built to compete with the confederate ironclad?
The Union Ironclad Ship that was built to compete with the Confederate Ironclad was called the U.S.S. Monitor and the Confederate Ironclad was called the Merrimack (more accurately, the CSS Virginia).
Which ship fought in the first battle between ironclads?
The Union ship the "Monitor", and the Confederate ship "Virginia". The Virginia was formerly the Union vessel "Merrimack", which was sunk and raised, refitted with iron plates by the Confederates. The battle was a tactical draw, as neither ship could do much damage.
What happened to the confederate ship Virginia?
Two months after the CSS Virginia battled the Union Monitor, the Confederates destroyed the Virginia as they retreated from Norfolk, Virginia
What confederate navy ship fought against the monitor?
C.S.S. Virginia
What Union ship fought the Confederate Merrimack in 1862?
At the Battle of Hampton Roads in 1862, the USS Monitor fought the former Union ship, the Merrimack. The Confederates had raised the hull of the Merrimack at Norfolk and rebuilt it as an ironclad they named the CSS Virginia. The battle was a draw, however, the Monitor saved Union ships from more destruction as the Virginia was damaged and sailed back to Norfolk.
