[DOC] [TLE] Battle of Hampton Roads - Wikipedia [PAR] The Battle of Hampton Roads, often referred to as either the Battle of the Monitor 
and ... It was fought over two days, March 89, 1862, in Hampton Roads, a 
roadstead ... The Confederate fleet consisted of the ironclad ram Virginia (built 
from the ... On that day, Virginia was able to destroy two ships of the Federal 
flotilla, USS... [DOC] [TLE] CSS Virginia - Wikipedia [PAR] CSS Virginia was the first steam-powered ironclad warship built by the 
Confederate States .... The Battle of Hampton Roads began on March 8, 1862, 
when Virginia ... On April 11, the Confederate Navy sent Lieutenant Joseph 
Nicholson Barney, ... ordered her destruction in order to keep the ironclad from 
being captured. [DOC] [TLE] Ironclad Fever - The New York Times [PAR] Jan 20, 2013 ... When the South lost control of Norfolk, New Orleans and other coastal ... (To 
avoid its capture when the Union occupied New Orleans, Tift destroyed the ... 
more forgiving, other issues plagued the Confederate ironclads. ... wouldn't work 
with the thickness of the armor, so workers spent days .... July 11, 2015... [DOC] [TLE] Civil War Warship Innovation - GlobalSecurity.org [PAR] Jul 22, 2011 ... Wouldn't it seem that the point of designing a ship with greater ... Two turret 
ironclads were laid down in 1862 by Laird Brothers for the Confederate States. ... 
No white oak for ship-building may be found there now, but the iron .... and 
capture by the enemy appeared likely, so she was destroyed on 26 April. [DOC] [TLE] Civil War Connections | Connecting you to the past, one blog post at ... [PAR] May 12, 2012 ... Early in the morning of May 11, 1862, Monitor fireman George Geer recalled ... 
The Monitor boys had been robbed of their chance to destroy the Confederate 
ironclad. .... If we had bulletproof barricades, our officer wouldn't be putting us to 
.... Wind moderate, Merrimac returned towards Norfolk at 4.30 PM. [DOC] [TLE] Setbacks for the South, MarchJuly 1862 - The Civil War For Dummies [PAR] So, the navy served as an important strategic weapon that provided the Union 
with ... The most important Union naval victory of this year was the capture of New 
Orleans ... rafts sent downstream by the Confederates to destroy the wooden 
Union warships. .... With McClellan's army gone, wouldn't the capital be 
defenseless? [DOC] [TLE] Civil War Ironclads - Pinterest [PAR] Norfolk Naval, Norfolk Va, Naval Station Norfolk, Norfolk Flickr, Norfolk Virginia 
Navy, Norfolk City, ... The Monitor was the Union Ship & the Merrimack was the 
Confederate Ship. ..... So sailer on deck wouldn't see exploding homeing fish ..... 
This week in the Civil War, May 6 - 11, 1862: Destruction of the CSS Virginia. [DOC] [TLE] The American Civil War (1860-1865) - The Latin Library [PAR] They implore him to negotiate with South Carolina Commissioners so the state .... 
It was recaptured by a Union force under Q. A. Gillmore on April 11, 1862, after a 
...... November 7, 1861 - Capture of Port Royal Island, S.C. Union forces capture 
Port ..... On May 9, 1862, following the Confederate evacuation of Norfolk, the... [DOC] [TLE] CSS Little Rebel. Unlike most of the River Defense Fleet, she was ... [PAR] Confederate ironclad warship the Ram Albemarle was most important ship of the 
Civil ..... The destruction of the frigate "USS Congress" by the ironclad "CSS 
Virginia," on .... Early on the morning of 11 May 1862, off Craney Island, fire and 
powder trails ..... The Rebs acquired the hull after US Navy personnel at Norfolk 
Naval... [DOC] [TLE] Civil War period (1861-1865) | Today's History Lesson [PAR] It may have been to pick up the laundry or run the vacuum orwhatever, but she 
was right about the TVit certainly wouldn't turn on. ... So anyways, a guy (or 
some guys) found gold in this place in the summer of 1864. ... and the CSS 
Virginia (which was actually

Question: The Confederates destroyed this ironclad May 11, 1862 in Norfolk harbor so it wouldn't be captured
Answer: Merrimac