Union Monitor 1861-65 - NV 45 - Osprey - Softcover - Very Good 35+ AUTHOR: Lt Col Tony le

AUTHOR: Lt Col Tony le Tissier MBE served with the British Army's Royal Corps of Military Police until 1977

and the time it took to get the wounded from the battlefield to the hospital was relatively short

They provide a ringside seat to the earliest attacks with torpedoes and rockets and a look at the US in a rendering of the War of 1812

such as the battles of the Nile and Copenhagen

and the US responded with an invasion

Union Monitor 1861-65 - NV 45 - Osprey - Softcover - Very Good 35+ AUTHOR: Lt Col Tony leThe first seagoing ironclad was the USS Monitor, and its profile has made it one of the most easily recognised warships of all time. Following her inconclusive battle with the Confederate ironclad Virginia on March 9, 1862, the production of Union monitors was accelerated. By the end of the year a powerful squadron of monitor vessels protected the blockading squadrons off the Southern coastline, and were able to challenge Confederate control of her