After reading this article,my first thought was how things might have changed if the Monitor's crew had doubled the gun powder used. I wonder what effect it would have on the South if the Norths guns could easily penetrate their ironclad's armor. Would they have simply doubled the amount of armor, or would they have changed the design to something more resembling the Monitor's design, which to me looks like it would take far less armor, and would have to be more effective with the turret and double cannon vs. the Alabama's stationary ones.