Iron Dawn: The Monitor, the Merrimack, and the Civil War Sea Battle that Changed History

Iron Dawn: The Monitor, the Merrimack, and the Civil War Sea Battle that Changed History
ISBN-10
1476794189
ISBN-13
9781476794181
Series
Iron Dawn
Category
History
Pages
416
Language
English
Published
2016-11-01
Publisher
Simon and Schuster
Author
Richard Snow

Description

Describes the naval battle that changed the course of the Civil War and the future of sea power, when the North built a complicated, innovative warship out of iron, the Monitor, in record time, to combat the Merrimack.

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