1. Battle of the Ironclads
Merrimac vs. Monitor
John Sullivan and Alex Wharton

3. Leading up to the Battle
Anaconda Plan – blockade along coast
Union dispatched wooden warships
Confederacy had claimed Richmond, Virginia, and Hampton Roads Area

4. The Monitor

5. The Virginia

6. The Fight
Day 1:
CSS Virginia fired upon wooden Union warships in blockade
Union with 400 casualties
Day 2:
USS Monitor was engaged
Neither side could gain ground
Union victory – blockade never broken

7. Primary Source
“The fight was over now and we were victorious. My men and myself were perfectly black with smoke and powder. All my under clothes were perfectly black and my person was in the same condition. As we ran along side the Minnesota, Secretary Fox hailed us, and told us we had fought the greatest Naval battle on record and behaved as gallantly as men could.” – Lt. Samuel Green

8. Effects of the Battle
False hope to South that Union blockade was broken
Signaled new era of naval warfare
Wooden ships  iron hulled ships
High moral for both North and South

9. Significance Inconclusive but led to worldwide publicity
Ironclad ships key to naval warfare
Proved wooden navies obsolete
Significantly changed WWI and WWII

10. Works Cited
"Battle of Monitor and Merrimack." New World Encyclopedia. New World Encyclopedia, 8 May Web. 11 Nov "Battle Summary: Hampton Roads, VA." National Parks Service. U.S. Department of the Interior, n.d. Web. 11 Nov. 2014
The Editors of Encyclopædia Britannica. "Battle of the Monitor and Merrimack (American Civil War).“ Encyclopedia Britannica Online. Encyclopedia Britannica, 17 July Web. 11 Nov
Green, Samuel Dana. An Eye-Witness Account of the Battle Between the U.S.S. Monitor and the C.S.S. Virginia (formerly U.S.S. Merrimack) on March 9th, Washington, DC: Naval Historical Foundation, n.d.