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The Laird Shipyard at Liverpool secretly contracted two build two rams for the Confederacy, CSS North Carolina and CSS Mississippi under the code names Cheops and Sphynx. (Universal History Archive/Universal Images Group via Getty Images)
The Laird Shipyard at Liverpool secretly contracted two build two rams for the Confederacy, CSS North Carolina and CSS Mississippi under the code names Cheops and Sphynx. (Universal History Archive/Universal Images Group via Getty Images)