During the american civil war the south used ironclads to protect their ports from the northern blockade. Porter, but featured a very short casemate housing only four guns. The confederate ironclad is one of two in the kalem series for which both the film and the music survive complete. The movies main battle actions feature the events of the 8th and 9th of march 1862. Css texas was reputed to have been one of the very best. Confederate warship, weapons recovered from georgia river. Arkansas, the most feared confederate ironclad on the mississippi river, is blown up by her crew after suffering mechanical problems during. Like submarines and balloons, the ironclad war ship wasnt invented during the civil war, but the civil war was the first time ironclads saw widespread, effective use in 1592, the korean royal navy launched what some believe to be the first ironclad warship. A historical event that led to the demise of wooden ships. During the civil war the confederate states had a total of 22 ironclads some sources say 23. In the book, all the confederate soldiers on the ship also wore union uniforms too. The attack by the confederate ironclad made wooden warships obsolete a lithograph depicting the devastating attack on the uss cumberland by the css virginia. List of ships of the confederate states navy wikipedia. Based on the clive cussler novel of the same name, the film opens during the civil war as a confederate gunboat an ironclad crashes through.
Confederate ironclads and steam engineering in the american civil war focuses exclusively on ships with american built machinery, offering a detailed look at marine steamengineering practices in both northern and southern industry prior to and during the civil war. That set is now out of print grab a copy if you can find a good price but most of the films from the box are available for free and legal streaming courtesy of the national film preservation foundation, including the. Piece of civil war ironclad brought to surface cnn. Ironclads the floating fortresses of the american civil war. Confederate ironclads casemate ironclad rams of the.
Merrimac, to a standstill in the first battle of ironclad ships, and ended the era of wooden warships. This model of the confederate casemate ironclad wilmington is based on reconstruction plans drawn in the 1960s by w. An abandoned union warship converted into an ironclad by the confederacy was lethal to wooden warships. Not begun until 1864 and intended to become part of the james river squadron, she saw no action before being captured by union forces while still fitting out. Confederate ironclad vs union ironclad by ron field. The confederate ironclad 1912 the movie database tmdb. Already an experienced vaudeville pianist, from 1912 simon applied his talents to the art of motionpicture accompaniment, on. The main war event is the first battle between two ironclads. The creation of a confederate ironclad fleet was a miracle of ingenuity, improvisation and logistics. Images of uss monitor, civil war ironclad thoughtco. In march 1863 and january 1865 the union navy reported confederate ironclad sightings, but there is no documentation to confirm either account. Ironclad warships were another innovation of the american civil war. The first ironclad battleship, gloire, was launched by the french navy in november 1859. The confederate south had adopted a plan to destroy the numerically superior federal navy fleet union north with a smaller, properly armed and armored, fleet of ironclad vessels.
Porter, the north carolina was the largest ship built. Civil war movies ironclads 1991 project authenticity. Also included are special types of floating batteries and harbor defense craft. She was a woodenhulled broadside ironclad built for theunited states navy during the american civil war. Dec 11, 2018 explore perryville1862s board civil war ironclads. The ironclad warsteamer was built in mystic, since 1861. Ironically, just feet from his grave is the grave of louis napoleon stodder, the last surviving officer of the u. In the book, it is explained that they flew that flag to trick the union soldiers in thinking the ironclad ship was a union ship. See more ideas about civil war, civil war navy, war. Ironclad gunboat ram to william graves design, graves yard, richmond. During the us civil war, elinor, a pretty northern girl, comes south to visit her aunt.
Confederate ironclads begun but not completed this list reflects my level of knowledge as of march 2015. The british admiralty had been considering armored. This is a list of ships of the confederate states navy csn, used by the confederate states of america during the american civil war between 1861 and 1865. During an attempt to attack the union blockading fleet in wassaw sound off the georgia coast on june 17, 1863, the confederate casemated ironclad css atlanta ran aground and was pounded into submission by the greater firepower of the xvinch dahlgrens aboard the passaicclass monitor uss weehawken. It was released 50 years after the famous battle of the monitor and merrimack between two ironclad warships. The armored husk of a confederate warship is being raised out of the depths of a georgia river, 150 years after the ships crew deliberately sunk it. During an attempt to attack the union blockading fleet in wassaw sound off the georgia coast on june 17, 1863, the confederate casemated ironclad css atlanta ran aground and was pounded into submission by the greater firepower of the xvinch. The ironclad was developed as a result of the vulnerability of wooden warships to explosive or incendiary shells. Coming to mountain view baptist church on memorial day sunday 2017. Already an experienced vaudeville pianist, from 1912 simon applied his talents to the art of motionpicture accompaniment, on both piano and organ. Css atlanta ironclad ram 18621863, later uss atlanta 18641869.
Texas was similar in form to other ironclads designed by john l. This jealousy is excited by an invitation which yancey receives from mary to call and meet her niece. Section and gun deck plan drawings of confederate ironclad. Built in wilmington the confederate ironclads raleigh. Included are some types of civilian vessels, such as blockade runners, steamboats, and privateers which contributed to the war efforts by the csn. Renders of a digital model of the confederate casemate ironclad texas, as she might have looked if completed as planned in 1865. Here we have two heroines on opposing sides during the civil war, one of whom foils the plot of the other to destroy the unarmed confederate ironclad. Union ironclads were also associated with north carolina. Surrounded by a superior enemy fleet, confederate designers adapted existing vessels or created new ones from the keel up with the sole purpose of breaking the naval stranglehold on the nascent country. Yancey, whos close to being engaged to the fetching and resourceful rose, is gallant enough to show the yankee guest around, including a. The fleet of the united states in the barbor of pensacola. Navy divers retrieved a 64square foot section of a civil war ironclad that will be removed from river at savannah, georgia. The confederate ironclad 1912 10041912 us 16m user score.
The ironclad was a revolutionary weapon of war, the first modern, armoured, selfpropelled warships. In the mid19th century, the british and french navies developed armored, steampowered warships as a response to the rising use of explosive shells, which could burn. For civil war buffs, april belongs to plymouth, a small town on the roanoke river in eastern north carolina. Instead, they opted to develop an ironclad more reminiscent of the floating batteries used with great success by the allies in the crimean war against the russians a few years earlier.
Cottage css palmetto state confederate ironclad warship. Section and gun deck plan drawings of confederate ironclad gunboats, including css albemarle and css neuse. Uss monitors construction resulted from a study of ironclad warships mandated by the congress in july 1861, as the civil war moved rapidly from crisis to serious armed conflict. Is there a boatload of civil war gold waiting to be found. Nilsson, guy coombs i, miriam cooper, at turner classic movies. The ship spent most of her career blockading the confederate ports of charleston, south carolina, and wilmington, north carolina, in 186365. Based on the clive cussler novel of the same name, the film opens during the civil war as a confederate gunboat an ironclad crashes through a union blockade and steams off into history, taking. New orleans was an important base of operations for the south and strategically positioned near the mouth of the mississippi river, proving a natural target for the. The confederate ironclad was released on dvd as part of the out of print treasures from american film archives box set. The adversity the confederacy faced in constructing its ragtag fleet of ironclad warships is exemplified in its perhaps mostforgotten completed ship, the css neuse. A hardluck confederate ironclad naval history magazine.
It was meant to be a diversion tactic, because the confederate ironclad ship closely resembled a ship in the union fleet. The richmondclass ironclad north carolina, begun in july 1862, remained nameless until october of that year, when s. The sponsor of the film was the west virginian independence hall foundation, a nonprofit organization established in 1964 to save and restore the wheeling custom house, where the unionist delegates held the conventions leading to the creation of west virginia. Monitor, which fought the first confederate ironclad, the c. Geoghagens drawings, in turn, are based on surviving plans prepared by the confederate navys chief constructor, john l. Overview of confederate ironclad, the, 1912, directed by kenean buel, with anna q. Css texas was the third and last columbiaclass or tennesseeclass according to some sources casemate ironclad built for the confederate navy during the american civil war. Mallory, secretary of the confederate states navy, instructed that the ship be named the north carolina built for the confederate government in accordance with the specifications issued by chief naval constructor john l.
Geoghagen, a maritime specialist at the smithsonian institution. The powder is delivered to the ironclad in the nick of time, and a fierce battle wages between the confederate vessel and the union gunboats. Ironclad serves up plenty of crunchy gore to sate action aficionados, but the sketchy story clunks like a suit of illfitting armor. The confederate ironclad 1912 directed by kenean buel. The confederates ironclad advantage the washington post. Click here for the directions page uss monitor 18621862 construction.
Moving picture world synopsis during the us civil war, elinor, a pretty northern girl, comes south to visit her aunt. See more ideas about war, american civil war and civil war photos. Confederate ironclads were very different from union ironclads. Also includes a gun deck plan drawing of uss merrimaccss virginia, by john l. With virginia madsen, alex hydewhite, reed diamond, philip casnoff. Many of the confederacys ironclads were fitted as rams, including the famous southern ironclad, the virginia, and these were fairly effective, especially on the western rivers with little room to maneuver. During the american civil war 18611865, the confederate ironclad css tennessee became the most expensive warship to be completed by the south while also having the. Ironclads is a 1991 madefortelevision movie produced by ted turners tnt company about the events behind the creation of css virginia from the remains of uss merrimack and the battle between virginia and uss monitor in the battle of hampton roads, march 8, 1862 march 9, 1862.
This is the 196 scale css palmetto state confederate ironclad warship 27l plastic model kit from cottage industry models. History teachers buy history resources for your classes including worksheets, homeworks, tests, and presentations at. Texas was laid down at rocketts, the shipyard on the east bank of the james river below richmond, in the late summer of 1863. Preserved films national film preservation foundation. This 2day trip on the roanoke river retraces the route taken by the ram albemarle ironclad confederate warship from scotland neck, nc to plymouth. Noel taylor received an emmy award nomination for his costume designs for the production. A decision was made to convert the sunken hulk of the steam frigate uss merrimack into the ironclad css virginia. Here is an alphabetic list of the confederate ironclads. An ironclad is a steampropelled warship protected by iron or steel armor plates used in the early part of the second half of the 19th century. A short supply of iron and suitable transportation, compounded by a lack of skilled labor, stymied the ships completion. Nilsson was later briefly married to costar coombs in 1916. Its a kalem film, which means firstly that it isnt quite up to the standards of the movies being made at biograph mostly by griffith, and secondly that it shows women in a strong, positive light. The confederate ironclad is a 1912 short spy film set during the american civil war.
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