The Monitor proved impervious to the Virginia‘s broadsides and captured the imaginations of naval officials and the public. Virginia from destroying the remainder of the Federal fleet anchored in Hampton Roads. The United States Navy’s newest warship prevented the C.S.S. Only the timely arrival of the Union Navy’s ironclad, the Monitor, averted a complete disaster. Virginia wreaked havoc upon the strong Federal fleet in Hampton Roads in April 1862. He adroitly uses the major sources and creates a well-conceived and well-written book on the northern effort to build a fleet of ironclads.Ĭivil War-era observers believed that ironclad warships would be decisive … and why not? The ironclad C.S.S. His book is an excellent addition to the growing literature concerning the Civil War and the American economy. in history from Ohio State University, has written a valuable book on ironclad warships. Reviewed for EH.NET by David Surdam, Graduate School of Business, University of Chicago. Baltimore, MD: Johns Hopkins University Press, 2002. Navy and Industrial Mobilization Author(s):
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