No old Iron sides was a ship used in the war of 1812. A British cannon ball hit the side of the ship on freshly cut replacement board. The board was strong enough to with hold the shock of the cannon ball. A sailor on the that ship called her "old Iron sides" from then on.
The Northern forces were the Federals or the Union, called Yankees by the other side. The Southern were the Confederates or Successionists, called the rebels by the other side.
The USS Monitor was a Union, United States ship.
The Confederacy was in good shape before General Robert E. Lee became its commander. By all accounts however, Lee was one, if not the best general in the US Civil War considering each side's general staffs.
They knew the American tactics and they were extremely close with their men. they were extraordinary minds, sad they fought for the doomed side.
The lee side
The leeward or lee side.
Lee
Pertaining to, or in the direction of, the part or side toward which the wind blows; -- opposed to windward; as, a leeward berth; a leeward ship., The lee side; the lee., Toward the lee.
Leeward or Lee side is the downwind side or protected side of the vessel. This is opposite of the windward side, which is the unprotected side from the wind.
If you aboard the ship and you face toward the front of the ship, the port side is the left side of the ship. So, the port side of a ship would show the port light.
...Is "aport": On a ship, while facing forward, the left side of the ship is called "port" and the right side of the ship is called "starboard".
The left side of a ship or plane.
The right side of a ship is called the star-board side.
The word starboard comes from Old English steorbord, which means the side from which the ship is steered. Earlier before ships had rudder on their center line to steer them they were steered using the rows. Most of the rowers were right handed, so it was common for the ships to have bigger oars on its right side to assist in steering the ship. So naturally the right side of the ship was called steorbord side of the ship. The ship would naturally berthed on the left side to avoid damage to the large oars on the right side. Earlier the left side of the ship used to be called larboard side, but it was easy to get confused in high winds between starboard and larboard. So larboard side was replaced by port side. In short the right side of the ship is called the STARBOARD SIDE and the left side of the ship is called PORT SIDE.
If you actually mean, what is the left hand side of the ship called... It is the port side. It has mostly the same things as the right side of the ship (called the starboard).
If you actually mean, what is the left hand side of the ship called... It is the port side. It has mostly the same things as the right side of the ship (called the starboard).