A Ironclad Fury on the Ohio

On a fateful day in late 1862, two ironclads, the Manitowoc and the Union, engaged in a violent engagement. The Ohio River became a churning mass of fire, as projectiles rained down either vessels. Fog billowed from the damaged hulls, and here the air crackled with the earsplitting clangor of battle. The savage struggle lasted for minutes, {leaving

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