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The Battle of Hampton Roads Killed Wooden Warships Once and For All
Hampton Roads was the first time in military history that two ironclad warships squared off. March 8-9, 2025, marked the ...
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Why the Civil War battle between the Monitor and the Merrimack was so epic
When the Civil War started, the Confederate States ... To build their first ironclad warship, they raised the USS Merrimack, a wooden ship sunk when Virginia seceded from the Union to keep it ...
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Civil War Nurses, USS Constitution Commander Among Female Veterans Removed in Pentagon DEI Sweep
Women veterans from the Civil War, World War II, the Korean War and the Vietnam War are not exempt from Defense Department's ...
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The Battle of Hampton Roads Killed Wooden Warships Once and For All
“Virginia” nomenclature/semantics ... anchors now rests in front of the American Civil War Museum in the state capital city of Richmond. USS Monitor outlived its Rebel opponent by a mere ...