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Civil War Naval Warfare

Lectures in History

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Confederate Ironclads - The Virginia

A former enslaved woman by the name of mary tevestry is going to steal the blueprints for a confederate ironclad. She's never caught, never captured, and they actually believe her when she shows up with these blueprints. A pretty remarkable story. But now the us. Navy and the us Military knows what the confederacy is up to, so they're like, we shold probably start building our own ironclads. They'll have three different designs but one of the most famous is the monitor,. That's the low sitting one, right? So the battle is going to unfold over two days. For the battle of hampton roads is a two day

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