Commander of the Confederate Army was Robert E. Lee.Secretary of the Confederate Navy was Stephen Mallory.
The first two ironclads to engage in battle were the USS Monitor for the Union and the CSS Virginia for the Confederacy. The Virginia is also known as the Merrimack, the name it had before Virginia seceded and the US Navy abandoned Norfolk Navy Yard.
Riverine warfare; control of the rivers (like the Mississippi River).
less than 3,000 personnel
C.S.S. Virginia
Secretary of the Confederate Navy, Stephen Mallory wanted to have ocean going ironclads, however, despite all his efforts, he was unable to build or purchase that type of warship. The most advanced warships at that point in time were the British and French warships named the HMS Warrior and the French Gloire.
Robert MacBride has written: 'Civil War ironclads: the dawn of naval armor' -- subject(s): Armored vessels, Confederate States of America, Confederate States of America. Navy, History, Naval operations, United States, United States Civil War, 1861-1865, United States. Navy
A - The blockade of the southern ports. B - Hunting the Confederate cruisers which were attacking the Union merchant ships. C - Tactical and logistical supporting of landing operations along the Confederate coasts and major Confederate internal water roads. D - Search and destruction of the Confederate ironclads. E -Transportation of troop and supplies.
By the word "posed," I assume you are asking about the kind of threat it posed towards the US Navy. "The C.S. Navy could never achieve equality with the Union Navy and used technological innovation, such as ironclads, submarines, torpedo boats, and naval mines (then known as torpedoes) to gain advantage over the Union Navy. In February 1861, the Confederate Navy had thirty ships, only fourteen of which were seaworthy, while the Union Navy had ninety vessels. The C.S. Navy eventually grew to 101 ships to meet the rise in naval conflicts and enemy threats."
Confederate States Navy was created in 1861.
Nobody is certain , but the United States (Union) Probably had a better Naval branch . By the end of the war , the Confederate Navy was almost in ruin . The Union army also had produced more Ironclads then the Confederacy .
The Confederate Congress had authorized $3 million for the purchase of warships, two of the three million was allocated for ironclads. Confederate Naval secretary Stephen Mallory sent Lieutenant James North to Europe to try and buy an ironclad much like the French class of ironclads of the Gloire Class that France built in 1858. North did not succeed so Mallory decided to build ironclads in the South.
Stephen R. Mallory was the Confederate Secretary of the Navy. He was a major asset to the Southern cause with his imaginative ideas.
Commander of the Confederate Army was Robert E. Lee.Secretary of the Confederate Navy was Stephen Mallory.
Based on the blueprints of the USS Monitor, ship building pioneer, Donald McKay built monitor type ironclads for the Union's navy during the US Civil War.
In Gretna, Louisiana the Phoenix Iron Works began to cast cannons for the upcoming Confederate navy. This was one of the few industrial companies that the South had.
The first two ironclads to engage in battle were the USS Monitor for the Union and the CSS Virginia for the Confederacy. The Virginia is also known as the Merrimack, the name it had before Virginia seceded and the US Navy abandoned Norfolk Navy Yard.