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Was the CSS Virginia an ironclad?

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Anonymous

17y ago
Updated: 8/16/2019

Yes, it was. It was the true name of the Confederate ironclad known as the Merrimac from the "Monitor and the Merrimac" battle. The Confederacy took a wooden ship formerly known as the Merrimac and put the iron armour on it. The ship was rechristened The CSS Virginia.

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