The ships in the Civil War were called the Ironclad.
Flogging was banned in 1862, during the Civil War. Many other things were banned aboard ships.
Mostly wind propelled wooden ships. At the time of the civil war however, the navy began converting the old wood and sail ships to iron steamships. For much of the war, there was an equal mix of both.
iron clad ships
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The Union.
Blockade
the american civil war
These ships were called blockade runners
ninklepoopie - one of the many weapons in the civil war
194 Ships in the blockade fleet.
Yes, there were naval battles; in fact, the first ironclad ships were invented during the Civil War.
The ships were used as a blockade, so the confederate could not leave and retreat from the southern states.