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He was America's greatest engineer: an obsessive visionary who walked the floor of the Mississippi River, built the nation's first ironclad ships, designed a steel bridge no one thought possible, and opened the country's heartland to trade with a daring river control system. A bold entrepreneur and charming promoter,James Buchanan Eads created a series of technological marvels that changed the course of American history and inspired a new generation of engineers. Named one of the five greatest engineers of all time -- along with Leonardo da vinci and Thomas Edison -- Eads won the admiration of millions and the respect of leaders around the globe.The French Navy's La Gloire("Glory") was the first ocean-going ironclad battleship in history. built in 1860 for the Crimean war
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Who first used the ironclad ship in the civil war?
The Union
What was the warship that was to be used as retaliation against Union forces?
The Merrimack, also known as the Virginia, was the first ironclad warship. It was created by the Confederacy in 1862 in order to retaliate against the Union Fleet blockading southern ports.
How did Ironclad changed naval warfare in civil war?
The ironclad was a remarkable invention during the time of the Civil War. With the iron covered hulls, and the roof mounted cannons, they were thought indestructible. With this new ship added to the Civil War, sea battles became as important as land battles such as Gettysburg.
Name two advances in military technology that were used in the civil war?
Ironclad warships and Rifle
What was the first ironclad ship?
The Union ship was the Monitor. The Confederate ship was the Virginia, built from the hull of the wooden Merrimac. The Union Navy had multiple types of ironclads, most notably the monitors for coastal and river operations. They also had a small number of Mississipi river ironclads, and a smaller number of lightly-armored ships called tinclads. The Confederacy had only shore batteries and a single river ironclad (CSS Arkansas) to oppose them. The USS New Ironsides was the most powerful Union ironclad: an ocean-going warship more on a par with the British ironclad HMS Warrior and the French Navy's Gloire. After USS Monitor fought the CSS Virginia at Hampton Roads, more monitors were built, and the name also lent itself to later British warships of WWI and US monitors of the Mekong River in Vietnam. In the case of the original USS Monitor, the term ironclad is almost a misnomer, as the ship was an iron raft with only a wooden main deck. Later monitors had a more conventional wooden boat-shaped hull on which the iron armor was supported, and other improvements. The revolving armored gun turret of the montors became a staple of warship design which had persisted to the present day. The original USS Monitor was designed and named by John Ericsson who had earlier invented the screw propeller, and the name was used to identify subsequent warships of this type.
