The 1862 Civil War battle of these 2 ironclads ended when one had to withdraw because of the tides
This was the famous Monitor, a Union ironclad designed by John 
Ericsson, ... For these two reasons the battle of Antietam was one of the important 
battles of... [DOC] [TLE] The History Place - U.S. Civil War 1861-1865 [PAR] November 6, 1860 - Abraham Lincoln, who had declared "Government cannot 
endure ... in and orders their release in December.