. The photographic history of the Civil War : in ten volumes . r ram. There are many claimants to the suggestion. The Con-federate Secretary of the Navy, Stej^hen R. jNIallory, in are2)ort made to the Confederate naval committee, wrote asfollows: I regard tlic possession of an iron-arniorcd ship as a matter of tliefirst necLssitv. Such a vessel af this tline couhl traverse the entirecoast of the United States, prevent all blockade, and encounter, witha fair jirospect of success, their entire navy. If, to cope with themupon tlie sea, we follow tlieir exani])le and build wooden ships, we shallha
. The photographic history of the Civil War : in ten volumes . r ram. There are many claimants to the suggestion. The Con-federate Secretary of the Navy, Stej^hen R. jNIallory, in are2)ort made to the Confederate naval committee, wrote asfollows: I regard tlic possession of an iron-arniorcd ship as a matter of tliefirst necLssitv. Such a vessel af this tline couhl traverse the entirecoast of the United States, prevent all blockade, and encounter, witha fair jirospect of success, their entire navy. If, to cope with themupon tlie sea, we follow tlieir exani])le and build wooden ships, we shallhave to construct several at one time, for one or two ships would fallan easy prey to their comparatively numerous steam frigates. Butinequality of numbers may^ be compensated by invulnerability, and thusnot only does economy, but naval success, dictate the wisdom and ex-pediency of fighting with iron against wood, without regard to first cost. The suggestion here quoted was made two months beforethe above-mentioned 2)aragrai)h in Secretary Welles report :i42]. THE HEYDAY OE THE MONITOKA ELEET OF FIVE L\ 04 On the Appomattox Rivor, in 1861, lie five of the then latest typeof Federal ironclad—all built on the improved Ericsson plan, doingaway with the objectionable overhang of the deck, dispensedwith in order to give greater speed and seaworthiness. By thistime the Federal navy had found abundant opportunity to tryout the qualities of the monitortype. A monitor presented lessthan a third as much target areaas any one of the old broadsideships that could possibly com-pete with her armament. Hermovable turret enabled her totrain her guns almost instantlyon an adversary and bring themto bear constantly as fast as theycould be loaded, no matter whatthe position or course of eithervessel. If a monitor wentaground, she remained a revolv-ing fort irrespective of the posi-tion of her hull. A shot to doserious damage must strike theheavy armor of the monitor ^0SmtKtaS)^ squarely. The per
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