On March 9, 1862, Confederate Navy ship CSS Virginia and Union navy ship USS Monitor met in battle off the coast of Virginia. Their clash was inconclusive, but the battle was the first time metal ...

Let’s start by clarifying the whole “Merrimack” (alternate spelling “Merrimac,” sans the “k”) vs. “Virginia” nomenclature/semantics. This vessel ...

A short History Clip of how the Ironclad ships were used during the Civil War. And the battle between the Css Virginia and the USS Monitor. The Civil War history runs deep in Virginia! Susie Wiles ...

The Battle of Hampton Roads March 8-9, 1862, proved that wooden ships were useless against ironclads, but it couldn’t have happened without an important component that came from Richmond – iron to ...

Here’s What You Need To Remember: Ironically, the first ironclad battle itself was inconclusive. Despite much maneuvering and firing, neither ship was really able hurt the other. But that wasn’t the ...

The Imperial German Navy was, in large part, the creation of two men: Kaiser Wilhelm II (1859 - 1941) and Grand Admiral Alfred von Tirpitz (1849-1930.) The Kaiser’s mother was an English princess ...