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 >