[Old Professer]

I have to agree that a major effect of the action was to keep France and Britain at bay.

[Badeye]

‘I have to agree that a major effect of the action was to keep France and Britain at bay.’

It did set up a political gordian knot for both countries.

But its also useful to remember another big factor at play with both of those nations at that specific 48 month ‘moment in time’’.

The Monitor and the Merramack rendered the entire British and French fleets obsolete from the first moment of their famous battle in the Chesapeak Bay/Hampton Roads harbor.

Kinda hard to break a blockcade when your fleet is nothing but potential drift wood.