A Currier and Ives lithograph of the battle between the Monitor and the Virginia. Universal History Archive/Universal Images Group via Getty Images As dawn broke over Hampton Roads, Virginia, on March ...
When the USS Monitor arrived in the Confederate-controlled waters off the coast of Sewall's Point, Va., in the early morning hours of March 9, 1862, the wooden-hulled USS Congress was still ablaze ...
“With all the archival data and that real archaeological data coming together, we’ve built the most accurate virtual model ever of Monitor, and I'm not just talking just the shell of it. Every single ...
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Why the Civil War battle between the Monitor and the Merrimack was so epic
On March 8, 1862, a large, slow-moving and unwieldy Confederate ship steamed toward the blockading Union vessels posted at Hampton Roads, outside of Virginia’s James River. The rebels made a beeline ...
The Union’s USS Monitor is considered by many to be the most famous ironclad ship of the American Civil War, if not the most famous ship of any kind. It shares the honor with its archnemesis, the ...
WILMINGTON, NC (WWAY) — The Civil War posed a great challenge to the Confederate Navy, facing a Union Navy that was well established with many more ships. They needed a solution that would allow them ...
On March 9, 1862, Confederate Navy ship CSS Virginia and Union navy ship USS Monitor met in battle off the coast of Virginia. Their clash was inconclusive, but the battle was the first time metal ...
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