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<blockquote data-quote="Lamont D" data-source="post: 2353371" data-attributes="member: 85785"><p>My history passion is the American civil war.</p><p>A famous naval battle was fought between two ironclad vessels, this was the battle of Hampton Roads.</p><p>This was the battle that changed naval history and wooden vessels used for war became obsolete.</p><p>I would watch this from the riverbank from atop the bluffs, and watch as the two metal boats fired cannons at each other for about five hours. The USS Monitor finally drove away the CSS Virginia.</p><p></p><p>The other naval ship that caught my eye was a vessel built in Britain, and sold to the confederate navy, the class of boat is called a surface raider.</p><p>The CSS Alabama is the most successful surface raider in the modern age. </p><p>I would have been interesting to see in action.</p><p></p><p>Just one more thing, a man who volunteered for a regiment in the confederate army, as an infantry private, on the outbreak of war, he was only one of seven who survived the war out of over a thousand who volunteered.</p><p>He saw action in most of the battles in the western part of the war.</p><p>I have read his story a few times and it is how they put up with life in the army and the constant threat to life and disease.</p><p>I would like to question him on certain things, to get his opinion on how the war started and his reaction to life after the war.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Lamont D, post: 2353371, member: 85785"] My history passion is the American civil war. A famous naval battle was fought between two ironclad vessels, this was the battle of Hampton Roads. This was the battle that changed naval history and wooden vessels used for war became obsolete. I would watch this from the riverbank from atop the bluffs, and watch as the two metal boats fired cannons at each other for about five hours. The USS Monitor finally drove away the CSS Virginia. The other naval ship that caught my eye was a vessel built in Britain, and sold to the confederate navy, the class of boat is called a surface raider. The CSS Alabama is the most successful surface raider in the modern age. I would have been interesting to see in action. Just one more thing, a man who volunteered for a regiment in the confederate army, as an infantry private, on the outbreak of war, he was only one of seven who survived the war out of over a thousand who volunteered. He saw action in most of the battles in the western part of the war. I have read his story a few times and it is how they put up with life in the army and the constant threat to life and disease. I would like to question him on certain things, to get his opinion on how the war started and his reaction to life after the war. [/QUOTE]
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