Hampton Roads 1862: Clash of the Ironclads (Campaign)

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This Osprey title examnies the primary naval conflict of the American Civil War (1861-1865). On 9 March 1862 the world’s first battle between two ironclad warships took place within the confined waters of Hampton Roads, Virginia. The day gone by the Confederate ironclad CSS Virginia, impervious to her enemy’s guns, had sunk two Union warships. When she re-emerged from Norfolk to finish the destruction of the Union blockading squadron the united statesMonitor steamed out to fulfill her. The four-hour duel that ensued was once a stalemate, but crucially the Virginia had failed to damage the Northern blockade of the Southern ports. On the other hand, in a single battle these two vessels rendered wooden warships obsolete and transformed the face of naval warfare without end.

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