To: Upstate NY Guy
My favorite of all naval battles, since I was a kid.
2 posted on
03/09/2012 8:42:14 AM PST by
Haiku Guy
("The problem with Internet Quotes is that you never know if they are real" -- Abraham Lincoln)
To: Haiku Guy
My favorite of all naval battles, since I was a kid. Dittos. It sure changed naval warfare forever.
Here is another great Civil War website that really gets into the "historical significance of the first battle between ironclad naval vessels".
The Battle of Hampton Roads: Then & Now
To: Haiku Guy
The thing that always facinated me was the fact that the USS Monitor happened to arrive the day AFTER the CSS Virginia attacked the Union blockade line. I often wonder if the duel between the two ironclads might have turned out the same if she had arrived the day before and prevented the sinking of the Union frigate? IOW's would the skipper of the Virginia have handled his vessel any differently had they not been "flush with victory" from the previous day's engagement?
16 posted on
03/09/2012 10:16:47 AM PST by
Tallguy
(It's all 'Fun and Games' until somebody loses an eye!)
To: Haiku Guy
I see our Creators hand in this. The Monitor showed up just in the nick of time to save the Union. The creators hand was also deeply envolved in our Revolution. I can only pray that our Creator will reachout to guide us now.
18 posted on
03/09/2012 10:33:27 AM PST by
fella
("As it was before Noah, so shall it be again.")
To: Haiku Guy
Mine is The Battle of Midway(June 4, 1942). I’m grateful not to be speaking Japanese.
23 posted on
03/09/2012 11:05:41 AM PST by
jmacusa
(Political correctness is cultural Marxism. I'm not a Marxist.)
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