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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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Merrimack

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Virginia

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What was the souths famous ironclad?

Marrimac


Union ship captured by the south?

The Union ship called the USS Merrimack was captured by the South. The ship had been burned by the Union forces, but the Confederate forces took it and rebuilt it into an ironclad ship. It was renamed as the CSS Virginia.


What was the famous union ironclad ship?

The Union Ironclad ship was the Monitor. The Confederate ship was the Virginia.


Are ironclad ships considered weapons?

A ship is by itself never a weapon, and that also goes for an ironclad ship. The ironclad could only be called a weapon carrier.


Ironclad ship of the south?

Virginia


Who was the ironclad ship invented by?

Monitor


Is ironclad ship supposed to be capitalized?

Ironclad is a noun or used as an adjective and need not be capitalized. As example, the CSS Virginia was a ship that was an ironclad vessel.


What was the first ironclad warship of the South renamed?

The first ironclad of the Confederacy was renamed "Virginia". She was built using the hull of the USS corvette "Merrimack" sunk by her crew when the Federal Navy evacuated the base and arsenal of Norfolk in 1861.


What was the first ironclad ship made?

The first Ironclad ship ever made was by the northern states during the civil war was named the Monitor.


What is a ironclad?

a ship heavily armored in iron


What is an Ironclad battleship?

it was a ship made of metal


What is a war ship covered in iron?

Ironclad