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While the two ships were roughly matched in speed, the Monitor was more nimble and was not confined to deeper water, as was the Virginia...
...C.S.S. Virginia...
...Virginia was born when the sunken remains of the U.S.S. Merrimack were raised, reshaped and covered in iron. Some, especially in the North, still call the ship by its original name...
...FATE OF THE VIRGINIA In the two months after the battle, the two ships moved warily on opposite sides of Hampton Roads. But what the Union Navy couldn't do at sea, the army did by land. The Confederates were forced to evacuate the Norfolk area, and the Virginia was trapped. The ship rode too deep to go upriver, and the Union blockade sealed any sea escape. The crew blew up the Virginia...
SIZE COMPARISON C.S.S. Virginia U.S.S. Monitor...