Civil War Ironclads

Monitor vs Merrimack Civil War Ironclads in Battle
The USS Monitor vs CSS Virginia
Monitor vs Merrimack I really have to go with the CSS Virginia (Merrimack). Although the initial meeting was a tie, I think the CSS Virginia held its own. The Monitor was just a single gun turret on a raft. The CSS Virginia was a fighting machine. The CSS Virginia had a total of 12 guns compared to the USS Monitors 2.

USS Monitor Ironclad of the Civil War
USS Monitor
USS Monitor was the first ironclad warship commissioned by the United States Navy. She is most famous for her participation in the first-ever naval battle between two ironclad warships, the Battle of Hampton Roads on March 9, 1862 during the American Civil War, in which Monitor fought the ironclad CSS Virginia of the Confederate States Navy. The Monitor was the first in a long line of Monitor-class U.S. warships and the term "monitor" describes a broad class of European harbor defense craft.

USS Cairo, Civil War Ironclad
USS Cairo Ironclad River Gunboat
USS Cairo was an ironclad river gunboat in the Union Navy. She was the capital ship of the City class ironclad gunboats, also called Cairo class. Cairo was the first ship sunk by a naval mine, on December 12, 1862 in the Yazoo River.

CSS Charleston Civil War Ironclad
CSS Charleston
The CSS Charleston was a Confederate Navy ironclad ram during the American Civil War. Construction at Charleston, South Carolina was authorized in fall 1862 and the ship was laid down in December 1862, entering service nine months later. The Charleston served as the Charleston Squadron's flagship alongside CSS Palmetto State and CSS Chicora during the defence of that city. Captained by Cdr. Isaac N. Brown. Set on fire and abandoned in Charleston harbor on 1865-02-18 to prevent capture, along ...

CSS Manassas Civil War Ironclad
CSS Manassas
CSS Manassas, formerly the steam propeller Enoch Train, was built at Medford, Massachusetts, by J. O. Curtis in 1855. A New Orleans commission merchant, Captain John A. Stevenson, acquired her for use as a privateer and fitted her out at Algiers, Louisiana as an ironclad ram of radically modern design. Covered with 1½-inch iron plating, her hull projected only 2½ feet above the water, and her plated top was convex causing cannon shot to glance off harmlessly. She was provided with sharp irons...

CSS Tennessee Civil War Ironclad
CSS Tennessee
CSS Tennessee, a slow-moving ironclad ram, was built at Selma, Alabama, where she was commissioned on February 16, 1864, Lieutenant James D. Johnston, CSN, in command. CSS Baltic towed her to Mobile where she fitted out for action.