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Carolina Ironclads: Vain Efforts to Defend The Tar Heel State
Carolina Ironclads: Vain Efforts to Defend The Tar Heel State
The loss of the North Carolina Sounds prompted the Confederate Navy to begin the construction of four ironclads on the Roanoke, Tar, Neuse, and Cape Fear rivers. These shallow draft ironclads would mount two rifled guns. Only one ship, CSS Albemarle, would help to recapture eastern river ports. The others faced various setbacks: one was destroyed during…