The Monitor

The monitor sank in a storm after the Hampton Roads battle. It was lost at sea from Febuary 25, 1862 to December 31, 1862.
There were 49 crew men on the monitor and they all died when it sank.
The Monitor's first battle was the Hampton Roads, where she fought the C.S.S. Virginia. The Monitor got hit 25 times and the Virginia 20. Then the Monitor rammed into the Virginia but she dodged it and it ended up to do more damage to the Monitor than the Virginia.
In Greenport N.Y. the U.S.S. Monitor was the the first made ironclad. Everything was made out of iron and weighed 987 tons. Bought by the U.S. Navy it was launched January 30, 1862. The Monitor was small and like a submarine. Half under water it was less of a target to hit.

John Erisson designed the Monitor in 1861. He was born July 31, 1803 and died March 8, 1889, he died at the age of 85. Ericsson was a Swedish inventor and a mechanical engineer.

Authors Statements:

Megan- The ironclads, with the chain between them represent how the US Navy used the ironclads to block out the South boats from their ports. The South boats are the smaller more frail boats, to show how much larger and stronger the ironclads were than them. The North wanted to block out the South from getting supplies, so they would weaken. The chain show’s how the ironclads were like a fence, keeping the South boats out. If you entered the inside, or any were around it to close you would be destroyed. Kind of like a danger zone. When the first ironclad, or even the idea of the first ironclad was thought. It would knock out wooden boats, in the Navy forever. Iron boats were made so that fire from cannons would not destroy them. The boats were made so that most of them were underwater, exposing less to the enemy. They had motor so they could move with out wind, and pick up speed with out waiting for a breeze. Ironclads were indestructible compared to a wooden boat. They helped the Navy meet every need to destroy, and concern the South.

Eva- My name is Eva Daliana and for my quilt piece I worked with Megan Beal. Our quilt piece represents how the Union (North) used ironclads to blockade the Confederates (South) ships from getting to their ports. Blockading the ports helped the Union make sure the Confederates could not get any weapons or supplies. This was making the Union more powerful and if they weren’t the Confederates would have more of a chance to win the war. We would have more slavery right now if the Confederates won. On the left side there is the south and some of the ports. The bigger ships are the ironclads with a chain it between them to keep the little ships from getting to their ports. The little ships are the Confederates ships bringing supplies and weapons. The one that is sinking got shot down by a ironclad, showing that it is powerful.