Battle of Hampton Roads - Civil War

Mr Green Civil War Class HT-SD

CSS Virginia (Merrimac)

confederate ironclad

USS Monitor

Union ironclad

Rotating turret (which ship)

USS monitor

John Ericcson

he designed the merrimack

Franklin Buchanan

 the first superintendent of the U.S. Naval Academy and the highest-ranking officer in the Confederate navy captain of the ironclad CSS Virginia

Outer Banks *

the monitor sank

John Pope (background)

was  a 40 year old who was a west pointer born in kentucky and raised in illinois He knew lincoln before and was a republican

John Pope (what he did)

he commanded at the second battle of bull run and lead the army of the virginia

Second Battle of Manassas (reason)

- President Lincoln grew tired of General McClellan’s tentative attacks and exaggerated numbers of the enemy force

Second Battle of Manassas (Lead up)

On June 26, 1862, Lincoln combined the beaten forces from the Shenandoah Campaign (the three armies Jackson destroyed in the Valley Campaign before marching to Richmond) to form the Army of Virginia. He placed the new army under the command of John Pope.

Second Battle of Manassas (Strategy)

the strategy used was Sending jacksons wing to march around pope's right flank somewhere in the union rear based on past Jacksons force would fracture popes supply line and have the yankees guard down from there Rappahannock defenses.