The battle of the Ironclads  was about  the Confederate v.s. the Union’s army battling in the water the Confedrate army fond a battle ship that they wanted to use for there battle so they put  2 intches of iron on it to and 10 cannons to were it would be as good as new there were 14 cannon holders  they called it the Ironclads. When the Union heard about this they hurryed to make a battle ship just like the Confedrates had made it was called the USS Virgina .Then here came the battle on the water this time the they were neck at neck trying to beat the other when later on the Confedrates won later on the Confedrates had burned the Ironclades so the Union could never get it and after the USS Virgina and the Ironclads was never used ever again.