The Union ship called the USS Merrimack was captured by the South. The ship had been burned by the Union forces, but the Confederate forces took it and rebuilt it into an ironclad ship. It was renamed as the CSS Virginia.
Merrimac
Andersonville.
Sounds like Andersonville, Georgia.
Slaves in the North and parts of the South that had been captured by the Union were not freed by the Emancipation Proclamation and would have to wait until __________ to get freedom.
No, it was a pirate ship (or maybe an illegal privateer), which captured a slave ship. The cargo was then treated as captured treasure.
13,000 Union Soldiers died of disease and malnutrition at the Confederate prison in Andersonville, Georgia
Andersonville existed for over a year;over 45,000 Union troops were there. Nearly 13,000 prisoners died of disease or starvation
The South's first ironclad warship was the CSS Virginia. This vessel was constructed from a sunken Union ship the USS Merrimack. The Confederates retooled the ship, added much armor and became the first ironclad warship of the US Civil War.
The Mississippi River was important because if captured, it would divide the South making it weaker.
The Union Ironclad ship was the Monitor. The Confederate ship was the Virginia.
Port Royal was Southern port with a capacity for trading and thus helping the Southern economy. The Union wished to capture this port city in South Carolina for shutting down its ability to be a trading port. It also the Union a land holding in the Deep South.
No, the Union had a far greater railroad network, and ended up often having to rebuild captured railroads in the South.