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The Confederacy's Ship (Merrimack) And the Union's Ironclad Ship (Monitor)
At the US Civil War Battle of Hampton Roads, the first ever battle in war history between two ironclads took place. In 1862 the USS Monitor battled the CSS Virginia to a tie. Ironically both ships never saw duty again.
Chloroform was used to as an anesthesia during the Civil War.
The ironclad was a remarkable invention during the time of the Civil War. With the iron covered hulls, and the roof mounted cannons, they were thought indestructible. With this new ship added to the Civil War, sea battles became as important as land battles such as Gettysburg.
The first use of a submarine to sink a warship occurred in the Civil War. The conflict between two ironclad ships occurred for the first time in the Americas during the Civil War; ironclads were already in use in Europe and had battled in the Adriatic.
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The Confederacy's Ship (Merrimack) And the Union's Ironclad Ship (Monitor)
The advent of the ironclads signed the unrestrainable decline of the wooden warships.
There were no ironclads at the beginning of the war. The first was the CSS Virginia, which was built on the remains of the USS Merrimac after the Confederates captured the shipyard in Norfolk.
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.
At the US Civil War Battle of Hampton Roads, the first ever battle in war history between two ironclads took place. In 1862 the USS Monitor battled the CSS Virginia to a tie. Ironically both ships never saw duty again.
The ironclad was a remarkable invention during the time of the Civil War. With the iron covered hulls, and the roof mounted cannons, they were thought indestructible. With this new ship added to the Civil War, sea battles became as important as land battles such as Gettysburg.
Chloroform was used to as an anesthesia during the Civil War.
The Ironclads have been used in America during the Civil War by both sides. The first encounter took place on March 9, 1862 into Hampton Road, between the CSS "Virginia", that on march 8 successfully attacked a Union Fleet gathered there and USS "Monitor". The outcome of the fighting remained undecided but "Virginia" did no more attempt another sortie. Many ironclads were built both by Confederates and Union sides for the duration of the war. The most notable battle in which ironclads were involved was the naval battle of Mobile Bay on August 5, 1864.
The battle between the Monitor and the Merrimac during the US Civil War. It was the first time two ironclad ships had fought each other.
If you mean American civil war- Stalemate. If you mean Jutland WWI - stalemate.