The Greenpoint Monitor Museum "Road Show" John Ericsson School - JHS 126 May 25,2005

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The Confederates from the South cut off the sails of the USS Merrimac a Union ship and converted her into an ironclad. They renamed the USS Merrimac the CSS Virginia. The Confederates were using her to defeat the US Navy's wooden ships.

The Confederates from the South cut off the sails of the USS Merrimac a Union ship and converted her into an ironclad. They renamed the USS Merrimac the CSS Virginia. The Confederates were using her to defeat the US Navy's wooden ships.

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