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Product Identifiers
PublisherBloomsbury Publishing USA
ISBN-101841767212
ISBN-139781841767215
eBay Product ID (ePID)2443334
Product Key Features
Book TitleDuel of the Ironclads : Uss Monitor and Css Virginia at Hampton Roads 1862
Number of Pages192 Pages
LanguageEnglish
TopicMilitary / United States, United States / Civil War Period (1850-1877)
Publication Year2003
IllustratorYes, Bryan, Tony, Hook, Adam
GenreHistory
AuthorAngus Konstam
Book SeriesGeneral Military Ser.
FormatHardcover
Dimensions
Item Height0.9 in
Item Weight15.9 Oz
Item Length1 in
Item Width1 in
Additional Product Features
Intended AudienceTrade
Dewey Edition21
Dewey Decimal973.7/52
SynopsisContents The Confederate Ironclad; Creation of a Fleet; Ironclad Designs; European Option; Shipbuilding Ironclad's Ro Officers & Men; Ordnance; Life on Board; Tactics; The Union Monit Monitor Design & Construction Methods; Monitors in Operation; Catalog of Ocean-going Union Monitors; The Duet; Opposing Commanders; Opposing Forces; Background to the Batt The Battle of Hampton Roads; Aftermath; Battlefield Today; Chronology, Previously published in three separate volumes as Campaign 103- Hampton Roads 1862, New Vanguard 41- Confederate Ironclad 1861-65 and New Vanguard 45- Union Monitor 1861-65. When the ironclad USS Monitor steamed out to meet the CSS Virginia on 9 March 1862, the face of naval warfare was changed forever. A four-hour duel left neither ship victorious, but in the wake of the battle wooden warships were rendered obsolete. This book details the clash at Hampton Roads, as well as tracing the development of ironclads within the Union and Confederate fleets. Union ironclads evolved quickly from the time of the production of the Monitor, so that by the end of the war the US Navy possessed the most powerful artillery afloat. The Confederate fleet, meanwhile, was born out of the hulks of existing vessels in naval yards and backwaters within sight of the enemy its very existence was a tribute to the ingenuity of Southern shipbuilders., Previously published in three separate volumes as Campaign 103: Hampton Roads 1862, New Vanguard 41: Confederate Ironclad 1861-65 and New Vanguard 45: Union Monitor 1861-65. When the ironclad USS Monitor steamed out to meet the CSS Virginia on 9 March 1862, the face of naval warfare was changed forever. A four-hour duel left neither ship victorious, but in the wake of the battle wooden warships were rendered obsolete. This book details the clash at Hampton Roads, as well as tracing the development of ironclads within the Union and Confederate fleets. Union ironclads evolved quickly from the time of the production of the Monitor, so that by the end of the war the US Navy possessed the most powerful artillery afloat. The Confederate fleet, meanwhile, was born out of the hulks of existing vessels in naval yards and backwaters within sight of the enemy - its very existence was a tribute to the ingenuity of Southern shipbuilders.