Tag: Merrimac
A Submerged House: Ironclads and the Civil War
The USS Monitor was the Navy’s first ironclad vessel, but it was not the only one in Civil War waters. The Virginia had started life in 1855 as the Merrimack, a Union ship that had been burned to the waterline, sunk, and abandoned in the Gosport Navy Yard in Norfolk, VA. The Confederates raised what [...]
Posted by Hilary on March 9, 2011, under - Civil War.
Tags: blockade, Confederate, Congress, Cumberland, frigate, Gosport Navy Yard, Hampton Roads, Merrimac, Monitor, New York Times, Norfolk, Union
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