The Merrimack, also known as the Virginia, was the first ironclad warship. It was created by the Confederacy in 1862 in order to retaliate against the Union Fleet blockading southern ports.
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The Union warship USS Monitor defeated the Confederate warship USS Merrimack in the Battle of Hampton Roads. This is also known as the Battle of the Ironclads.
The inventor of the USS Monitor was John Ericsson. The CSS Virginia was not "invented". It was first a Union warship called the USS Merrimack. It had been burned by retreating Union forces at the naval base of Norfolk. The ship was resurrected into an ironclad and named the CSS Virginia. There is no credit given as to the "inventor" in as much as it was not "invented".
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Union of Retaliation was created in 1940.
The USS Monitor was the first Union ironclad warship.
Better tactics, better leadership.
USS Merrimac became the CSS Virginia.
The USS Monitor was the first Union ironclad warship.
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He was the General that led the Confederate Forces against the Union forces in the Civill War.
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The ironclad Monitor was a warship of the Union Navy.
the union forces defeated the confederate forces