As is true with the U. S. S. New Ironsides and the Weehawken; they were monitors. Although the Montauk was an ironclad; not sure if she was of the monitor class or not. Source: The Dictionary of American Fighting Ships on the Naval Historical Center website at: http://www.history.navy.mil/danfs/index.html Alice J. Gayley Pennsylvania in the Civil War http://www.pa-roots.com/~pacw/ ----- Original Message ----- From: "Gerald Gieger" <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Sunday, March 12, 2006 4:36 PM Subject: Re: [CIVIL-WAR] "March 10th and 11th, 1862 - In The News" > Classes of Ships usually carry the name of the first one built...Nimitz > Class Carriers are identified after the USS Nimitz; etc. > > > >From: "Alice J. Gayley" <[email protected]> > >Reply-To: [email protected] > >To: [email protected] > >Subject: Re: [CIVIL-WAR] "March 10th and 11th, 1862 - In The News" > >Date: Sun, 12 Mar 2006 12:20:39 -0600 > > > >Edward, > > > >That's correct. A "monitor" was a class of ironclad ships. > > > >Alice J. Gayley > >Pennsylvania in the Civil War > >http://www.pa-roots.com/~pacw/ > >----- Original Message ----- > >From: "Edward Harding" <[email protected]> > >To: <[email protected]> > >Sent: Sunday, March 12, 2006 10:40 AM > >Subject: Re: [CIVIL-WAR] "March 10th and 11th, 1862 - In The News" > > > > > > > Carol, > > > > > > In my Great Great Grandfather's memoirs, he mentioned Union Ironclads > >several times as "monitors." Evidently, after the original U.S.S. Monitor > >was built, if a similar Union Ironclad was seen and the name unknown, the > >Southern forces simply called it a "monitor." > > > > > > Edward > > > > > > > > > ==== CIVIL-WAR Mailing List ==== > > > To unsubscribe from list mode, email [email protected] > > > and in the text area of the message, type only the word > > > unsubscribe > > > > > > > > > > > > > >==== CIVIL-WAR Mailing List ==== > >To search our list archives since 1996, go to > >http://searches2.rootsweb.com/cgi-bin/listsearch.pl > >and enter Civil-War in the list name > > > > > > ==== CIVIL-WAR Mailing List ==== > To search our list archives since 1996, go to > http://searches2.rootsweb.com/cgi-bin/listsearch.pl > and enter Civil-War in the list name > >