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Ironclads were sunk by mines (called torpedos in the Civil War). No iron clad was sunk during surface actions.
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What do you call a ship that has been reinforced with iron plating?
Iron clads.
The union cut Texas and Louisiana off from the confederacy by gaining control of where?
{| |- | The Union cut them off by taking control of the Mississippi River. The last city to fall was Vickburg. The battle took many days before the city fell. The Brown Water Navy consisted of gunboats and iron clads that fought in the fresh water of the Mississippi, Missouri and numerous other rivers that connected the Southern states. |}
Why did the Union blockade the Southern?
The Union (north of the United States) was in war with the Confederates (south of the United States. The Union tried to starve the south out by making a blockade. The way the south stopped it was by putting iron on its ships and shooting cannons at the other ships.
Did the union or the confederacy have greater manufacturing and iron production?
the union didThe Union had better manufacturing, hands down.
A battle fought between the Amalgamated Association of Iron and Steel Union workers and guards over a wage cut resulted in several deaths and was known as the?
Homestead Strike
What are iron clads?
iron clads are war ships reinforced with iron plates
Two iron clads in the battle between two steel ships?
The Monitor and the Merrimas (CSS Virginis)
What were ships such as the Monitor and the Virginia called?
They were called Iron Clads.
What are the Ships with metal plates on their sides called?
iron clads
What comes first battle of fredricksburg or battle of iron clads?
The battle of ironclads.
What was the ironclad battle ship?
During the 1800's wooden warships plated with iron were called "iron-clads." By 1904 during the Russo-Japanese War, Russian sailors still called their all steel built battleships "iron-clads."
What were ironclad were?
iron clads were used to sink cargo and war ships in coastal waters. even in river outlets if need bhe.
What do you call a ship that has been reinforced with iron plating?
Iron clads.
What are the names of the two famous iron clad ships?
The two most famous iron-clad ships of the civil war era were the Union's USS Monitor, and the Confederacy's CSS Virginia. They were made famous when they fought at the battle of Hampton Roads, the first confrontation between two iron-clads. (Found on many other sites also, please remember the sites that this was found on may or my not be true)
What were technological advances of the Civil War?
Iron Clads
What ships did the Union and Confederate navies experimented with?
They really developed the Iron Clads, the forerunners of the modern ships with armored sides. Submarines were also experimented with, the Confederates having a submarine that successfully attacked a Union ship, but then sank with all hands.
The Battle of Hampton Roads was significant because?
Iron clad ships were introduced into battle
