A short History Clip of how the Ironclad ships were used during the Civil War. And the battle between the Css Virginia and the USS Monitor. The Civil War history runs deep in Virginia! White House ...

The Civil War ironclad USS Monitor’s revolving gun turret can typically be found submerged inside a 90,000-gallon tank at The ...

A highly literate man and a forceful memoirist, Semmes wrote up his adventures at sea before and during the Civil War. Semmes had served in the Second Seminole War. In the war with Mexico, he ...