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There were several dozen, maybe twice as many in the Union Navy as in the Confederate. But the two most famous were among the very first, and fought each other in 1862, revolutionizing naval warfare for all nations. This is remembered as the Monitor versus the Merrimac. The USS Monitor was the northern ship, and the other was the CSS Virginia. The Virginia was built on the remains of the old USS Merrimac, a ship burned by the Union Navy when they had to abandon the Norfolk Navy Yard. But Monitor versus Merrimac sounds better than Monitor versus Virginia, so that's how newspapers reported it.
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Name two advances in military technology that were used in the civil war?
Ironclad warships and Rifle
Name the two famous Ironclad warships of the civil war?
The South's Merrimac and the North's Monitor
Which of these sentences uses correct capitalization Did you know that a Swedish engineer designed the Monitor an Ironclad ship in the Civil War?
Did you know that a Swedish engineer designed the Monitor, an ironclad ship in the Civil War? A+
What civil war ironclad battled the Merrimack?
Monitor
What did the people call the ironclad battleship during the civil war?
The Merrimac and the Monitor Battle OR the Ironclad Battle
What was the ironclad battleship of the civil war?
Wooden vessels plated with iron; there were fleets of them...not just one.
What are two inventions that were created around the time of the civil war?
the ironclad warship and the two chinas
What were the ships that were in the Civil War?
The ships in the Civil War were called the Ironclad.
Name two advances in military technology that were used in the civil war?
Ironclad warships and Rifle
Name the two famous Ironclad warships of the civil war?
The South's Merrimac and the North's Monitor
Which of these sentences uses correct capitalization Did you know that a Swedish engineer designed the Monitor an Ironclad ship in the Civil War?
Did you know that a Swedish engineer designed the Monitor, an ironclad ship in the Civil War? A+
What civil war ironclad battled the Merrimack?
Monitor
What did the people call the ironclad battleship during the civil war?
The Merrimac and the Monitor Battle OR the Ironclad Battle
Ironclad civil war who won north or south?
inconclusive
What was the ironclad ship during the civil war in the north?
The Merrimac
Who first used the ironclad ship in the civil war?
The Union
What was ironclad used for during the civil war?
Naval battle
