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The first ironclad for the Confederacy was the CSS Virginia. It had been the USS Merrimack and previously been left for "dead" when Confederate troops assaulted the Union base at Norfolk, Virginia. The Union burned it lest it fall into Confederate hands. Southern engineers salvaged the hull of the Merrimack and rebuilt it with thick iron sides, and added her with canons on each side.

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I believe it was called the Monitor, though that might have been the northern one.

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CSS Virginia ; see related link below .
The name of the Confederate ironclad ship was the Merrimack. It was later renamed the Virginia.

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The Merrimack, the union had the Monitor or as it was affectionatly know as, the "Cheesebox on a raft."

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C.S.S. Virginia.

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monitor and merrimac

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The Merrimack

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Virginia

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Merrimack

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Virginia

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