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Navy Civil War
Navy Contribution during the Civil War
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| The Battle of ____________ was the most significant naval battle of the war. | Hampton Roads |
| The first state to secede from the union was______________. | South Carolina |
| The South's largest and most significant port was __________________. | New Orleans |
| The siege of ____________ ended Confederate control of the Mississippi. | Vicksburg |
| "Damn the Torpedoes...Full Speed" was spoken by _______________. | Farragut |
| John Ericsson built this famous navy vessel | Monitor |
| The first submarine to sink a warship was the CSS _________________. | Hunley |
| The most successful commerce raider of the war, with over 60 vessel captures, was the CSS _______________. | Alabama |
| The Union naval strategy was primarily to ____________ Southern ports. | blockade |
| The only large-scale joint amphibious operation of the was was against _________________. | Fort Fisher |
| The steam frigate USS Merrimack was converted by the South into an ironclad called the CSS | Virginia |