It took part in the failed Federal attack on Sumter in April 1863. The monitor saw action in several significant naval assaults by the Union's Squadron. Year on a Monitor and the Destruction of Fort Sumter Although iron was used for protection in the Far East during the 16th century, it was the 19th century and the American Civil War that heralded the first modern armored self-propelled warships. The Ironclad was a revolutionary weapon of war. The first ironclad ships to fight each other, the Monitor and the Virginia (Merrimack), were the unique products of American design geniusīattle at Mobile Bay Alabama State Battle Map State Battle Maps Ships and Naval Battles American Civil War Exhibits Women in the War Campaigns of the Civil War Civil War Picture Album Civil War Submarines Kindle Available Confederate Ironclad vs Union Ironclad: Hampton Roads 1862 Kindle Available Reign of Iron: The Story of the First Battling Ironclads, the Monitor and the Merrimack USS Galena is in the left background, and USS Itaska is at right.ġ9th Century reproduction of a pen and ink drawing by Xanthus Smith.
"from a sketch made at the time", showing some of her battle damage. USS Brooklyn inside Mobile Bay after the action The stories were lively and interesting and the additon of old photos and draqwings helped fill out the book.Ģ4 in. This work was fascinating to read and was neither over dramatic or under written. Brooke tell the neglected story of the Confederate naval ordnance office, its innovations, and its strategic vision. Information about the Confederate Navy's effort to supply its fledgling forces, the wartime diaries and letters of John M. Ironclads and Big Guns of the Confederacy : The Journal and Letters of John M. Ships are (as numbered in "Reference" list at left):ġ. "De Kraft's flotilla bombarding Fort Powell." (in upper left of the chart). "The points of contact are shown by the sketch in the north east corner of the plate." Shows the manner the attack was made by the fleet upon the ram by ramming her in succession and keeping up a constant fire upon her at the same time." Fleet passes up and are in the act of anchoring when the ram Tennessee is seen coming out to attack them" Running fight with the enemy's fleet which ends in the capture of one, destruction of another, and the ram and one gun boat take shelter again under Fort Morgan." Running up the channel in line of battle, and engaging 'Fort Morgan' leading ship 'Brooklyn' encounters what she supposes to be 'torpedoes' monitor 'Tecumseh' is struck by one and sinks Brooklyn backs astern causing confusion Flag Ship takes the lead and passes up and engages the ram Tennessee and the gun boats of the enemy." Ships lashed together and running in from Sea, and the monitors running out of "Monitor Bay" to take their station inside or eastward of the line."
"Explanation of Diagram from the five stand points of the Mobile fight." (printed in the lower left):
Farragut, Washington, D.C., March 1st, 1865. August 5th 1864"Ĭhart of the action, prepared by Rear Admiral D.G.
"Entrance of Rear Admiral Farragut in to Mobile Bay.
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