IX 



THE WARSHIP UNDER STEAM 



A COMPLETER change from the naval 

 vessel of the early 'sixties to that of the 

 late 'eighties is almost impossible to 

 imagine. 



On the second branch of our " family 

 tree ", we find an entry Merrimac and 

 Monitor, 1862. These were vessels which 

 became famous owing to a great fight 

 which they made against each other in 

 the American Civil War. This terrible 

 war took place in the early 'sixties be- 

 cause the Southern States wished to secede 

 from the Northern, mainly on the ques- 

 tion of the keeping of slaves in the former 

 States. 



Whilst most of the fighting took place 

 on land, we may say that the first real 



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