Confederate Ironclad vs. Union Ironclad: Hampton Roads 1862

by Ron Field

The Ironclad was a revolutionary weapon of war. Although iron was used for protection in the Far East during the 16th century, it was the 19th century and the American Civil War that heralded the first modern armored self-propelled warships. With the parallel pressures of civil war and the industrial revolution, technology advanced at a breakneck speed. It was the South who first utilized ironclads as they attempted to protect their ports from the...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1846032326
• ISBN13: 9781846032325
• Release Date: November 2008
• Publisher: Osprey Publishing (UK)
• Length: 80 Pages
• Weight: 0.70 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.2" x 7.3" x 9.7"