The Battle of Hampton Roads, or how to change
... engines of the steamship Merrimack, covered it with armoured iron cladding, reduced the number of guns in exchange for larger calibre weapons (only 10 versus 50 on the USS Cumberland) and installed a ram under the waterline: the first ironclad warship, the CSS Virginia, was born in February of 1862. ...
... engines of the steamship Merrimack, covered it with armoured iron cladding, reduced the number of guns in exchange for larger calibre weapons (only 10 versus 50 on the USS Cumberland) and installed a ram under the waterline: the first ironclad warship, the CSS Virginia, was born in February of 1862. ...
Ironclads
... Roads where it immediately engaged the Union fleet, utterly destroying the USS Cumberland with the ram, sinking the ship, and killing 120 sailors. The Virginia next destroyed the USS Congress, resulting in its surrender. Union attempts to shoot at the Virginia proved completely useless. Only darknes ...
... Roads where it immediately engaged the Union fleet, utterly destroying the USS Cumberland with the ram, sinking the ship, and killing 120 sailors. The Virginia next destroyed the USS Congress, resulting in its surrender. Union attempts to shoot at the Virginia proved completely useless. Only darknes ...
Ironclads - Mr. Nussbaum
... her way to dispatching the remainder of the Union fleet. The two ironclads fired at each other at close range for hours; neither side able to sink the other. Eventually, each ship withdrew prompting both sides to proclaim victory. Surprisingly, neither ship would ever fight again. The Virginia was s ...
... her way to dispatching the remainder of the Union fleet. The two ironclads fired at each other at close range for hours; neither side able to sink the other. Eventually, each ship withdrew prompting both sides to proclaim victory. Surprisingly, neither ship would ever fight again. The Virginia was s ...
July 21, 1861
... Jackson, won the battle. * This battle showed each side that they needed training. * It also showed that the war would be long and bloody. ...
... Jackson, won the battle. * This battle showed each side that they needed training. * It also showed that the war would be long and bloody. ...
The War In The East: Chapter 16, Section 2
... Second Day: Pope pushed forward, just to be pushed back with heavy casualties on both sides. ...
... Second Day: Pope pushed forward, just to be pushed back with heavy casualties on both sides. ...
8th his ch16 study guide
... 8TH HISTORY CHAPTER 16 STUDY GUIDE 1) ABRAHAM LINCOLN CAUSED FOUR STATES TO JOIN THE CONFEDERACY BY CALLING FOR MORE TROOPS. 2) RICHMOND, VIRGINIA WAS THE CONFEDERATE CAPITAL. IT WAS ONLY ABOUT A HUNDRED MILES FROM WASHINGTON, D.C. 3) SHILOH WAS A BATTLE NAMED AFTER A SMALL CHURCH. 4) THE BLOODIEST ...
... 8TH HISTORY CHAPTER 16 STUDY GUIDE 1) ABRAHAM LINCOLN CAUSED FOUR STATES TO JOIN THE CONFEDERACY BY CALLING FOR MORE TROOPS. 2) RICHMOND, VIRGINIA WAS THE CONFEDERATE CAPITAL. IT WAS ONLY ABOUT A HUNDRED MILES FROM WASHINGTON, D.C. 3) SHILOH WAS A BATTLE NAMED AFTER A SMALL CHURCH. 4) THE BLOODIEST ...
VS 7 Civil War Notes
... The Western counties of Virginia (now West Virginia) disagreed with slavery. ...
... The Western counties of Virginia (now West Virginia) disagreed with slavery. ...
BATTLE OF IRONCLADS
... firepower between two seven-inch Brooke rifled guns, six nine-inch Dahlgren smoothbores and two 6.4-inch Brooke rifled pivot guns. It sailed with a casemate of two alternating layers of bolted twoinch iron bars over a 24-inch wooden backing all configured at a 35-degree angle in order to best deflec ...
... firepower between two seven-inch Brooke rifled guns, six nine-inch Dahlgren smoothbores and two 6.4-inch Brooke rifled pivot guns. It sailed with a casemate of two alternating layers of bolted twoinch iron bars over a 24-inch wooden backing all configured at a 35-degree angle in order to best deflec ...
1st Bull Run- (1 Manassas) JULY 21, 1861 Battle Notes: •Both sides
... –Went into effect January 1, 1863 –Legally freed slaves in Confederate states –Made the abolition of slavery an official reason in fighting the war, not just keeping the Union together –An effect was that European countries were less likely to become allies with the Confederacy since the Union was n ...
... –Went into effect January 1, 1863 –Legally freed slaves in Confederate states –Made the abolition of slavery an official reason in fighting the war, not just keeping the Union together –An effect was that European countries were less likely to become allies with the Confederacy since the Union was n ...
CWRT News Letter February 2009
... gunfire. She carried ten guns of her own, a seven-inch pivot-mounted rifle at each end and a broadside battery of two six-inch rifles and six nine-inch smoothbores. Affixed to her bow was an iron ram, allowing the ship herself to be employed as a deadly weapon. Virginia made her first combat sortie ...
... gunfire. She carried ten guns of her own, a seven-inch pivot-mounted rifle at each end and a broadside battery of two six-inch rifles and six nine-inch smoothbores. Affixed to her bow was an iron ram, allowing the ship herself to be employed as a deadly weapon. Virginia made her first combat sortie ...
CSS Virginia
CSS Virginia was the first steam-powered ironclad warship built by the Confederate States Navy during the first year of the American Civil War; it was constructed as a casemate ironclad using the raised and cut down original lower hull and engines of the scuttled steam frigate USS Merrimack. Virginia was one of the participants in the Battle of Hampton Roads, opposing the Union's USS Monitor in March 1862. The battle is chiefly significant in naval history as the first battle between ironclads.