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The battle on March 9, 1862, between the USS Monitor and the CSS Merrimack, officially the CSS Virginia, is one of the most revolutionary naval battles in world history. Up until that point, all battles had been waged between wooden ships. This was the first battle in maritime history that two ironclad ships waged war.

The USS Merrimack was a Union frigate throughout most of its existence, up until the Union Navy abandoned the Norfolk Naval Yard. To prevent the Confederate Navy from using her against them, the Union Navy scuttled her. The confederates, however, raised the ship from the Confederate engineers cut the hull down to the water line and built a slanted top on it. Then, they bolted four layers of iron sheets, each two inches thick, to the entire structure. Also added was a huge battering ram to the bow of the ship to be used in ramming maneuvers. The ship was then fitted with ten twelve-pound cannons. There were four guns placed on the starboard and port sides, and one on the bow and stern sides. Due to its massive nature the ship's draft was enormous, it stretched twenty-two feet to the bottom. The ship was so slow and long, that it required a turning radius of about one mile. Likened to a "floating barn roof and not predicted to float, the only individual willing to take command of the ship was the CSS Merrimack is the preferred name N - North The Civil War had less effect on the North than the South. The reason for this statement is simple most of the combat of the Civil War occurred on Southern soil. Even so it is difficult to imagine a civil war that does not affect all portions of the society in which it takes place. The Civil War affected the North and its civilians in many ways.
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O - The battle of Oak Grove in Henrico County, Virginia June 25th, 1862. Oak Grove was the first battle of the Seven Days Battles. Major General George B. McClellan advanced his lines north and south of the Williamsburg Road with the objective of bringing Richmond within range of his siege guns, by driving Confederate pickets from his front and Captain Franklin Buchanan. After all the modifications were complete, the ship was rechristened the CSS Virginia, but the original name
 * deploying on the high ground on the Nine Mile Road at Old Tavern. The minor battle was McClellan's only tactical offensive action against Richmond. His attack gained only 600 yards and was not strong enough to derail the offensive planned by Robert E. lee, which already had been set in motion. On the Union side there were 51 killed 401 wounded and 64 missing on the other side there were 40 killed 263 wounded and 13 missing.**