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Battle of the Monitor and Merrimack

By Eric Jenkins

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The People Involved

• Franklin Buchanan captain of the Virginia• Catesby Roger Jones Second in command of

Virginia• Louis M. Louis M. Goldsborough Commander

of Blockade• John Wordon captain of Monitor

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Where the battle took place

• Sewell's point off Hampton Roads

End of day one

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Timeframe

• March 8 Battle starts• Day finishes, Virginia retreats• New Day, Monitor arrives• Day starts, Virginia attacks.

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What took place• Virginia and James River Squad attack blockade of

the Cumberland congress St. Lawrence Roanoke and Minnesota

• Virginia rams Cumberland sinking it• Virginia and James River Squad. Force Congress to

surrender• Virginia Retreats

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What Took Place II• Next day Virginia and James River squad attack Minnesota •Monitor defends Minnesota•Battle draw•Union Blockade maintained

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Outcome

• Union blockade maintained• First battle of ironclads• Union sent 2 more ironclads to blockade

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Effects of the battle

• All the Naval powers built Monitors• Virginia Scuttled• Monitor sank in storm• Monitors Effective until H.M.S. Dreadnaught

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Conclusion

• Battle was first of ironclads• Battle made all wooden ships obsolete• Battle set new standard of Naval Warfare• Blockade maintained

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