U.S.S. Monitor and C.S.S. Virginia, March, 1862, artist's impression

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U.S.S. Monitor and C.S.S. Virginia, March, 1862, artist's impression

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Cropped, sized, and prepared for use here by John Osborne, Dickinson College, March 5, 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

Depicted ContentOff Norfolk, Virginia, the ironclad C.S.S. Virginia leads an attack that cripples the Union blockading fleet

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The Confederate iron-clad steam frigate Merrimac/The Federal iron-plated floating battery Monitor

Source citation

Illustrated News (London), April 5, 1862, p. 216.

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