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?

<P0-S0>  Built during the American Civil War, she was the first ironclad warship commissioned by the Union Navy. <P0-S1>  "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. <P0-S2>  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. <P0-S3> USS "Monitor" was an iron-hulled steamship. <SEP> <P1-S0> 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). <P1-S1>  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. <P1-S2>  Nonetheless, Taylor's name is frequently found on lists and in sketches of Confederate generals. <P1-S3>  He was often referred to as a general both during the Civil War and the years following it. <P1-S4>  Before the Civil War, Taylor served as a first lieutenant in the 3rd Kentucky Volunteer Infantry Regiment during the Mexican-American War. <P1-S5>  After that war, he was a cattle driver, farmer and lawyer. <P1-S6>  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. <SEP> <P2-S0> William Maxwell Wood (May 21, 1809 – March 1, 1880) was an officer and surgeon in the United States Navy in the middle 19th century. <P2-S1>  He became the First Surgeon General of the U.S. Navy in 1871, with the equivalent rank of Commodore. <P2-S2>  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. <SEP> <P3-S0>  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. <P3-S1>  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. <P3-S2>  He was caught in 1865 in Georgia with Confederate President Jefferson Davis' party, but escaped and made his way to Cuba. <P3-S3>  From there, he got to Halifax, Nova Scotia, where he settled and became a merchant. <P3-S4> John Taylor Wood (August 13, 1830 – July 19, 1904) was an officer in the United States Navy and the Confederate Navy. <P3-S5>  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.