The Battle of the Ironclads, Part 2: Wood versus Iron

First published at 16:06 UTC on January 9th, 2019.
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On March 8th, 1862, the ironclad Merrimack — renamed the CSS Virginia — was tested in battle against three of the Union’s most powerful wooden ships. The outcome of the battle would usher in a new age of naval warfare, in which wooden ships would be…

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