My favorite was a book published in the early 70’s called “Ironclads” (don’t remember the author’s full name, but the last name was “McBride”). It was a history about the Monitor and the Merrimack. However, it also revealed the exploits of a Union Lt. who was a confederate spy. His adventures were simply thrilling. It would make one heck of a movie.
“It was a history about the Monitor and the Merrimack”
I would hope that it was a history of the USS Monitor and the CSS Virginia...
The movie would be dreck. They would make the Lieutenant black or gay or both.