Monitor+vs.+Merrimack+8

__**The //Monitor// and the //Merrimack//**__ The ship //Merrimack// was plated with iron, it was plated around an old steam boat. It was later named V//irginia,// altough it was renamed, in most historic acounts it was called //Merrimack.// The union had no match for the //Merrimack,// all of thier wooden ships couldn't defend agianst it. The Union feared that the //Merrimack// would be able to destory their entire blockade. Lincon ordered that there sould be a ship built similar to the //Merrimack//. 100 days later the ship was finished, they called it the //Monitor//. Later when they battled, neither ship was able to damage one another due to their plated iron. After some time //Merrimack// left the battle, they had lost the fight. The Merrimack was later blown up in Norfolk, Virginia. They blew it up so that the Union would not be able to get the //Merrimack// to use agenst them. The Union had won the battle without destroying either the //Merrimack// or the //Monitor//.

__**Work Cited**

America Pathways to the Present__, By: Andrew Cayton, Elisabeth Israels Perry, Linda Reed, and Allan M. Winkler