Navies Ms. NJ. McCarthy Desert Mountain School The Civil War Merrimack Monitor Navies Ms. NJ. McCarthy Desert Mountain School
Union Blockade of the Confederacy
The Blockade South thought that by not selling cotton to Europe it would persuade them to support the confederacy Consumer goods were hard to get causing the prices to increase Europe, especially England had a surplus of cotton Harvesting and growing season did not help the embargo France and England wanted to remain neutral
Supply and Demand Supply goes down Supply goes up Price will increase Price will decrease
The Navies Union (North) Confederacy (South) CSS Merrimac Frigate Merrimack made into the U. S. S. Virginia Pros 178 feet long Two layers of 2” armor Armor at 36 degrees creates ricochets Iron ram Cons Unreliable engines, deep draft, heavy, slow hard to turn USS Monitor Designed by John Ericsson Incorporated several new features 172 feet long 4-5 inch armor plating Revolving turret 8 inch armor Two 11” guns Small target, shallow draft Light, speed of 8 knots
U. S. S. Monitor
C. S. S. Virginia (Merrimack)
H. L. Hunley Confederate submarine “torpedo boats” Sank 3 times during testing Drowning the inventor Horace Hunley After sinking a Union ship the Hunley sank in 1864 off the coast of Charleston
Crew of the H. L. Hunley
The Turtle – Revolutionary War