Reign of Iron

At the outbreak of the Civil War, North and South raced to develop the revolutionary ironclad warship. This year-long, intense scramble culminated in the legendary four-hour clash between the USS Monitor and the CSS Virginia (Merrimack). The battle forever ended the three-thousand-year tradition of wooden warships, ushering in naval warfare's age of iron. In the first major work on the subject in thirty-five years, acclaimed novelist and historian James L. Nelson (author of the Brethren of the Coast trilogy) vividly chronicles these iconic ships, their crews, and the pivotal engagement that redefined naval history.

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