The Union Ironclad ship was the Monitor. The Confederate ship was the Virginia.
The most alarming confederate threat to the Union blockade was the ironclad Merrimack.
The Monitor was an ironclad ship created by the Union to battle against the Confederate ironclad called the Virginia (Merrimack).
Ironclad.
On 9 March 1862, the Confederate ironclad Merrimack and the Union ironclad Monitor did battle near Hampton Roads, Virginia in the Atlantic
The Confederate ship was called the Merrimack and the Union ship was called the Monitor.
Ironclad ships were used for the first time.
· Tactics · Taliaferro, William B. (Confederate General) · Taylor, Richard (Confederate General) · Tecumseh, USS (Union ironclad warship) · Tennessee · Tennessee, CSS (Confederate ironclad warship) · Terry, Alfred (Union General) · Thirteenth Amendment to the U.S. Constitution (abolishment of slavery) · Thomas Kane (Union General) · Tranter's Creek (North Carolina), battle of · Tullahoma Campaign · Tupelo (Mississippi), battle of
Tupelo (Mississippi) and Tranter's Creek (North Carolina were the scenes of battles during the Civil War. Alfred Terry and Thomas Kane were Union Generals. William B. Taliaferro and Richard Taylor were Confederate Generals. The USS Tecumseh was a Union ironclad warship during the Civil War. The CSS Tennessee was a Confederate ironclad warship during the war. The Thirteenth Amendment to the U.S. Constitution abolished slavery.
The CSS Virginia, formerly a Union ship called the USS Merrimack was the first ironclad to actually fight, but CSS Manassas was the first to be built and commissioned as a Confederate warship. * Interesting story here, but it takes a while to tell. Suggest the inquirer do a search of "CSS Manassas" along with another Rebel ironclad ram, the "CSS Louisiana." * The Manassas was a pathetic little ironclad which rammed a Union warship and barely made a dent before being sunk. The Louisiana was a much better ram, more along the lines of the Virginia, but engines were not installed before the battle and she fought immobile alongside Confederate shore batteries at New Orleans before exploding, about five weeks after the famous battle at Hampton Roads.
tailypoo· Tactics· Taliaferro, William B. (Confederate General)· Taylor, Richard (Confederate General)· Tecumseh, USS (Union ironclad warship)· Tennessee· Tennessee, CSS (Confederate ironclad warship)· Terry, Alfred (Union General)· Thirteenth Amendment to the U.S. Constitution (abolishment of slavery)· Thomas Kane (Union General)· Tranter's Creek (North Carolina), battle of· Tullahoma Campaign· Tupelo (Mississippi), battle of
USS Monitor, CSS Virginia was the Confederate vessel.