TROY — The Union's Civil War battleship USS Monitor ... Friday's 150th anniversary of the pivotal battle between the Civil War's first ironclad ships at Hampton Roads, Va., ...

Early in the Civil War, two ironclad ships faced off in a battle that would change naval warfare forever. What made ironclad ...

While most remember the land battles of the American Civil War ... theater—from blockades and ironclads to daring raids and river campaigns. Learn how the Union Navy tightened its grip on ...

The year 1862 saw the birth of modern warfare and the transformation of Lincoln's war to preserve the Union into a war to ... episode we witness the battle of ironclad ships, partake of camp ...

Nevertheless, it became the “flashpoint for the Civil War in 1861” (p. xi ... This changed rather dramatically in April of 1863 On April 7th, seven Union ironclads attempted to force their way into ...

No Union victory in the Civil War came easier than the capture of New ... floating batteries and a semi-operational ironclad. It was, as events would show, a costly miscalculation.

In a traditional service offered to Civil War veterans, the historical 4th U.S. Infantry Regiment dressed in Union uniforms fired musket volleys and the crowd sang "The Battle Hymn of the Republic." ...