 The battles of the American Civil War and at Lissa were very influential on the designs and tactics of the ironclad fleets that followed . In particular , it taught a generation of naval officers the misleading lesson that ramming was the best way to sink enemy ironclads . 
 The battles of the American Civil War and at Lissa <a href='uninflect' title='1'><mark>were</mark></a> very influential on the designs and tactics of the ironclad fleets <a href='null_relcl' title='2'><mark>that</mark></a>followed . In particular , it taught a generation of naval officers the misleading lesson <a href='null_relcl' title='3'><mark>that</mark></a>ramming was the best way to sink enemy ironclads . 
The battles of da American Civil War and at Lissa was very influential on tdadesigns and tactics of thdaronclad fleets followed . In particular , it taught a generation of naval officers the misleading lesson ramming was the best way to sink enemy ironclads .