Question: John Taylor Wood served on a Civil War ship which engaged in battle with what iron-hulled steamship in one of the most famous naval battles in Civil War and U.S. Naval history?

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Naval History and Heritage Command: The Naval History and Heritage Command, formerly the Naval Historical Center, is an Echelon II command responsible for the preservation, analysis, and dissemination of U.S. naval history and heritage located at the historic Washington Navy Yard.  The NHHC is composed of 42 facilities in 13 geographic locations including the Navy Department Library, 10 museums and 1 heritage center, USS "Constitution" repair facility and detachment, and historic ship ex-USS "Nautilus".

Battle off Samar: The Battle off Samar was the centermost action of the Battle of Leyte Gulf, one of the largest naval battles in history, which took place in the Philippine Sea off Samar Island, in the Philippines on October 25, 1944.  As the only major action in the larger battle where the Americans were largely unprepared against the opposing forces, it has been cited by historians as one of the greatest military mismatches in naval history.

SS City of Peking: SS "City of Peking" was an iron-hulled steamship built in 1874 by John Roach & Sons for the Pacific Mail Steamship Company.  "City of Peking" and her sister ship "City of Tokio" were at the time of construction the largest vessels ever built in the United States, and the second largest in the world behind the British leviathan "Great Eastern" .

USS Cyclops (AC-4): USS "Cyclops" (AC-4) was one of four "Proteus"-class colliers built for the United States Navy several years before World War I.  Named for the Cyclops, a primordial race of giants from Greek mythology, she was the second U.S. Naval vessel to bear the name.  The loss of the ship and 306 crew and passengers without a trace within the area known as the Bermuda Triangle some time after 4 March 1918 remains the single largest loss of life in U.S. Naval history not directly involving combat.  As it was wartime, there was speculation she was captured or sunk by a German raider or submarine, because she was carrying 10800 LT of manganese ore used to produce munitions, but German authorities at the time, and subsequently, denied any knowledge of the vessel.  The Naval History & Heritage Command has stated she "probably sank in an unexpected storm" But the ultimate cause of the ship's fate is unknown.

Charles Dashwood (Royal Navy officer): Vice-Admiral Sir Charles Dashwood KCB (1 September 1765  – 21 September 1847) was a distinguished British officer, who served in the Royal Navy during the American Revolutionary War, the French Revolutionary Wars, the Napoleonic Wars and the War of 1812.  He had a long and prestigious naval career, gaining his own command by the last stages of the French Revolutionary Wars.  He took part in a number of famous naval battles during his career, such as the Battle of the Saintes, the Glorious First of June and the Battle of Tory Island, where he received the sword of the French commodore, Jean Bompart.  His record also includes extensive operations in the West Indies and the Baltic Sea, followed by the expedition to New Orleans in 1815.

William Maxwell Wood: William Maxwell Wood (May 21, 1809 – March 1, 1880) was an officer and surgeon in the United States Navy in the middle 19th century.  He became the First Surgeon General of the U.S. Navy in 1871, with the equivalent rank of Commodore.  He rose to President of the Examining Board in 1868 and Chief of the U.S. Navy Bureau of Medicine and Surgery in 1870 following his service in the American Civil War as Fleet Surgeon of the North Atlantic Blockading Squadron aboard the USS Minnesota and Medical Officer of the James River Flotilla, participating in several famous Naval battles, and establishing temporary hospitals as needed during the Civil War.

Thomas H. Taylor: Thomas Hart Taylor (July 31, 1825 – April 12, 1901) was a Confederate States Army colonel, brigade commander, provost marshal and last Confederate post commander at Mobile, Alabama during the American Civil War (Civil War).  His appointment as a brigadier general was refused by the Confederate Senate after Confederate President Jefferson Davis failed to nominate Taylor, apparently following Davis's appointment of Taylor to the rank.  Nonetheless, Taylor's name is frequently found on lists and in sketches of Confederate generals.  He was often referred to as a general both during the Civil War and the years following it.  Before the Civil War, Taylor served as a first lieutenant in the 3rd Kentucky Volunteer Infantry Regiment during the Mexican-American War.  After that war, he was a cattle driver, farmer and lawyer.  After the Civil War, he was engaged in business in Mobile, Alabama for five years, and after returning to Kentucky, was a Deputy U.S. Marshal for five years and was chief of police at Louisville, Kentucky for eleven years.

John Taylor Wood: John Taylor Wood (August 13, 1830 – July 19, 1904) was an officer in the United States Navy and the Confederate Navy.  He resigned from the U.S. Navy at the beginning of the American Civil War, and became a "leading Confederate naval hero" as a captain in the Confederate Navy.  He was a Lieutenant serving aboard the CSS "Virginia" when it engaged the USS "Monitor" in 1862, one of the most famous naval battles in Civil War and U.S. Naval history.  He was caught in 1865 in Georgia with Confederate President Jefferson Davis' party, but escaped and made his way to Cuba.  From there, he got to Halifax, Nova Scotia, where he settled and became a merchant.  His wife and children joined him there, and more children were born in Canada which is where he lived out the remainder of his life.

USS Monitor: USS "Monitor" was an iron-hulled steamship.  Built during the American Civil War, she was the first ironclad warship commissioned by the Union Navy.  "Monitor" is most famous for her central role in the Battle of Hampton Roads on 9 March 1862, where, under the command of Lieutenant John Worden, she fought the casemate ironclad  (built on the hull of the former steam frigate USS "Merrimack" ) to a standstill.  The unique design of the ship, distinguished by its revolving turret which was designed by American inventor Theodore Timby, was quickly duplicated and established the monitor type of warship.

Bibliography of early U.S. naval history: Historical accounts for early U.S. naval history now occur across the spectrum of two and more centuries.  This Bibliography lends itself primarily to covering early U.S. naval history beginning around the American Revolution period on through the 18th and 19th centuries and includes sources which cover notable naval commanders, Presidents, important ships, major naval engagements and corresponding wars.  The bibliography also includes sources that are not committed to the subject of U.S. naval history per se but whose content covers this subject extensively.

Supporting paragraphs: John Taylor Wood USS Monitor
Answer: USS "Monitor"