Battle of Hampton Roads, March 9, 1862, artist's impression, zoomable image

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Don Sailer, Dickinson College

Scan date

06/20/2011

Notes

Sized, cropped, and adjusted for use here by John Osborne, Dickinson College, March 8, 2012.

Depicted ContentCivil War at Sea

Depicted ContentIn Hampton Roads, the Virginia and the Monitor pound each other in the first ever battle between ironclads

Image type

engraving

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Archives and Special Collections, Dickinson College, Carlisle, PA

Original caption

The battle between the "Monitor" and the "Merrimac" in Hampton Roads, March 9, 1862 - [Drawn by Sergeant Charles Worret, Twentieth Regiment New York volunteers]

Source citation

Harpers Weekly Magazine, April 12, 1862, p. 237.