https://padlet.com/860885/pnegl3t09bol The first battle of the ironclads en-us 2018-04-17 14:18:10 UTC 2018-04-17 14:38:22 UTC hello@padlet.com 860885 https://padlet.com/860885/pnegl3t09bol/wish/252588934 The Battle of Hampton Roads]]> 2018-04-17 14:21:41 UTC https://padlet.com/860885/pnegl3t09bol/wish/252588934 860885 https://padlet.com/860885/pnegl3t09bol/wish/252589067 1,400 Union soldiers with five wooden warships and one ironclad vessel. 188 Confederate soldiers with three wooden warships and one ironclad.]]> 2018-04-17 14:21:52 UTC https://padlet.com/860885/pnegl3t09bol/wish/252589067 860885 https://padlet.com/860885/pnegl3t09bol/wish/252589565 March 8-9, 1862]]> 2018-04-17 14:22:50 UTC https://padlet.com/860885/pnegl3t09bol/wish/252589565 860885 https://padlet.com/860885/pnegl3t09bol/wish/252594482 Hampton Roads, Virginia territory]]> 2018-04-17 14:31:51 UTC https://padlet.com/860885/pnegl3t09bol/wish/252594482 860885 https://padlet.com/860885/pnegl3t09bol/wish/252595174 The South wanted to advance into Northern territory and decimate their forces with their new ironclad ship. The North fought the South at Hampton Roads to try and halt the advance and keep them out of the Northern side of the river.]]> 2018-04-17 14:33:03 UTC https://padlet.com/860885/pnegl3t09bol/wish/252595174 860885 https://padlet.com/860885/pnegl3t09bol/wish/252596317 On March 8th, 1862, the CSS Virginia sailed to hampton roads accompanied by three wooden confederate warships as part of the James River Squadron. They engaged and sank two Union warships within hours. Three other Union ships were run aground, including the Minnesota. The battle lasted until sunset, when the Confederate ships decided to pull back and make repairs due to the low visibility and the toll that the battle had taken on their ships. The next day, the Confederate mini-fleet returned to Hampton roads, unaware that the Union’s ironclad ship, the USS Monitor, had joined the battle on the side of the Union and was awaiting their arrival. The Virginia was the first to attack, firing a shot off that missed the Monitor and hit the grounded Minnesota. The objective of the Monitor was just to defend the Minnesota and keep the Confederate ships from traveling any further down the river and toward their cities. They battled for hours, trading blows, but when the smoke cleared, neither side had lost any ships. The commander of the Union ironclad ship had been hit in the leg with a rifle shot, and there was a change in command of the vessel. In the confusion during this change of command, the Confederacy believed that they had won the day and that their Union enemies were retreating. The Southern fleet returned to their home waters to make repairs. After the North figured out their situation, they returned only to find that the South’s ships were leaving. Believing that they were retreating, the North thought that they had won the battle. That is why there is no decisive report of who won, the battle was never really concluded.

]]> 2018-04-17 14:35:06 UTC https://padlet.com/860885/pnegl3t09bol/wish/252596317 860885 https://padlet.com/860885/pnegl3t09bol/wish/252596652 Many civilians and officials in the North became panicked by the thought of an unsinkable ship attacking their cities. The battle changed the way naval battles were fat, and paved the way for mass production of the Ironclad ship series.

]]> 2018-04-17 14:35:50 UTC https://padlet.com/860885/pnegl3t09bol/wish/252596652 860885 https://padlet.com/860885/pnegl3t09bol/wish/252596976 Confederate Commander - Franklin Buchanan
Union Commander - Louis M. Goldsborough

]]> 2018-04-17 14:36:26 UTC https://padlet.com/860885/pnegl3t09bol/wish/252596976 860885 https://padlet.com/860885/pnegl3t09bol/wish/252597595 Battle reports from both sides reference the shock and awe of the soldiers that were witnessing the battle. It was described as the most beautiful scene in the history of warfare by the onlookers.

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