Top 10 Battles 1845-1860

10. Battle of hampton roads

The battle of Hampton roads was where the first ironclad war ships ever, The USS monitor and the css Virginia fought in battle. It is the best known naval battle during the civil war

The battle took place on march 8th of 1862 near Sewell's point in Hampton Roads Virginia.

the battle took four hours... but there was no winner as cannonballs were not able to penetrate the iron walls of the USS Monitor or the Css Virginia

Outcome of battle

• there were about 600 casualties in the battle
• Most of the casualties were due to the css virginia hitting a nearby ship-the uss cumberland- which ended up on the ocean floor
• the battle ended in a stalemate

signifigance

• set up the basis for modern warships and for new ships for the rest of the civil war
• the battle was the most important naval battle of the war

9.Battle of fort sumter

After the secession of north Carolina, FOrt sumter, a union stronghold came under attack. that fort was fort sumter

The union, willing to hold onto the fort, but were low on supplies. Lincoln asked permission to send 3 unarmed ships to the fort to resupply.

On april the 11th...

surprisingly, the only death occurred during a gun salute where an artillery piece misfired, causing the first fatality of the war.

in the end, the south's sucess led to

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