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The outcome of the clash between the Union ship Monitor and the Confederate ship Virginia (formerly known as the Merrimack) during the Battle of Hampton Roads on March 9, 1862, was a historic stalemate. While neither side achieved a decisive victory, the battle marked the first meeting of ironclad warships and demonstrated the superiority of iron over wooden ships. This engagement signified a turning point in naval warfare, leading to the decline of wooden naval vessels and the rise of ironclads.
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. What was the outcome of the battle at sea between the Union ship Monitor and the Confederate ship Virginia?
Neither side won
What was the outcome of the battle of sea between the union ship monitor and the confederate ship Virginia?
Neither side won
What was the outcome of the battle at sea between the union ship monitor and confederate ship Virginia?
Neither side won
What was the famous union ironclad ship?
The Union Ironclad ship was the Monitor. The Confederate ship was the Virginia.
What happened to the confederate ship Virginia?
Two months after the CSS Virginia battled the Union Monitor, the Confederates destroyed the Virginia as they retreated from Norfolk, Virginia
What is the monitor in the civil war?
The Monitor was an ironclad ship created by the Union to battle against the Confederate ironclad called the Virginia (Merrimack).
What was the union ironclad that was built to compete with the confederate ironclad?
The Union Ironclad Ship that was built to compete with the Confederate Ironclad was called the U.S.S. Monitor and the Confederate Ironclad was called the Merrimack (more accurately, the CSS Virginia).
What was the south's ironclad ship renamed?
The first ironclad for the Confederacy was the CSS Virginia. It had been the USS Merrimack and previously been left for "dead" when Confederate troops assaulted the Union base at Norfolk, Virginia. The Union burned it lest it fall into Confederate hands. Southern engineers salvaged the hull of the Merrimack and rebuilt it with thick iron sides, and added her with canons on each side.
Was virginia union or confederate?
it was a confederate state because the confederate capital was located there
Name the first union ironclad warship that fought the first sea battle in the civil war?
USS Monitor, CSS Virginia was the Confederate vessel.
Who won the battle between the monitor and the merrimack?
The Union Monitor and the Confederate Merrimack, renamed the Virginia, traded blows in Hampton Roads for several hours but neither was able to disable the other. Eventually both ships retreated to their bases, the Virginia more the worse for wear, and never met again.
The capitol of the union was?
No- Appomattox is in Virginia, a Confederate state
