The Confederate ship was called the Merrimack and the Union ship was called the Monitor.
The first practical Union ironclad was the USS Monitor. While the Monitor carried only two guns, they were superior to the fixed broadsides of the Confederate CSS Virginia (the original name of the ship was "Merrimac", which is how the ship is widely known) because the Monitor's guns were in a rotating turret which could be aimed in any direction. The fixed cannon of the Virginia could be turned only slightly; in order to turn the guns, they needed to turn the ship.
Robert Smalls was a slave who commandeered a Confederate ship and made his way to freedom. He then went into service with the Union army.
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the union. about 350,000 on the union side about 250,000 on the confederate side
The Union Ironclad ship was the Monitor. The Confederate ship was the Virginia.
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The Confederate ship was called the Merrimack and the Union ship was called the Monitor.
Neither side won
Neither side won
Neither side won
The Monitor was an ironclad ship created by the Union to battle against the Confederate ironclad called the Virginia (Merrimack).
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).
The Union ship the "Monitor", and the Confederate ship "Virginia". The Virginia was formerly the Union vessel "Merrimack", which was sunk and raised, refitted with iron plates by the Confederates. The battle was a tactical draw, as neither ship could do much damage.
Two months after the CSS Virginia battled the Union Monitor, the Confederates destroyed the Virginia as they retreated from Norfolk, Virginia
C.S.S. Virginia
At the Battle of Hampton Roads in 1862, the USS Monitor fought the former Union ship, the Merrimack. The Confederates had raised the hull of the Merrimack at Norfolk and rebuilt it as an ironclad they named the CSS Virginia. The battle was a draw, however, the Monitor saved Union ships from more destruction as the Virginia was damaged and sailed back to Norfolk.