It's the CSS Virginia (formerly the USS Merrimack) fitting out in dry dock No. 1 at the Gosport Navy Yard, Norfolk, Virginia, February, 1862 by Tom Freeman.
The naval foundry in Selma used to lay the parts for some of those -- it was the reason the Yanks burned the town even though Lee was days from surrendering.
Revenge? Making damned sure the South couldn't build anything else for years to come no matter what? Victors, even before the final victory, do that a lot.
Well, they were concerned that the Confederacy wouldn't give up after Lee's surrender. They wanted to destroy everything that could support or maintain any kind of resistance, which included the ironworks, mines, foundries and so on that were targeted in Wilson's Raid (April '65).
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Looks like an ACW-era ironclad?
the Monitor?
It's the CSS Virginia (formerly the USS Merrimack) fitting out in dry dock No. 1 at the Gosport Navy Yard, Norfolk, Virginia, February, 1862 by Tom Freeman.
The naval foundry in Selma used to lay the parts for some of those -- it was the reason the Yanks burned the town even though Lee was days from surrendering.
Revenge? Making damned sure the South couldn't build anything else for years to come no matter what? Victors, even before the final victory, do that a lot.
Well, they were concerned that the Confederacy wouldn't give up after Lee's surrender. They wanted to destroy everything that could support or maintain any kind of resistance, which included the ironworks, mines, foundries and so on that were targeted in Wilson's Raid (April '65).
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