Discuss the Confederate ironclad's role in the Civil War and modern-day Civil War Reenactment with Mr. Fred Polston. The Confederates began to use ironclad ships because they needed a means of combating the industrial strength of the Union and its Navy. An ironclad navy would allow the Confederates to use fewer ships, and to break the Union blockade of the major cities in the South specifically the Charleston harbor and port. Dixie Dialogues Season 1 Episode 4.
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