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Why the Civil War battle between the Monitor and the Merrimack was so epic
It would be the U.S. Navy’s biggest defeat until World War II and threatened to change the balance of power in American waters. The power brokers in Washington panicked. Everyone except Navy Secretary ...
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Battle of the ironclads
(Editor’s note: In commemoration of the 150th anniversary of the American Civil War, Napan John Futini has been writing a series of essays about that chapter in American history.) During the ...