US Civil War, Battle of Hampton Roads, on
US Civil War, Battle of Hampton Roads, on March 9, 1862, the first engagement between ironclad gunboats. USS Monitor and CSS Virginia (formerly the USS Merrimac) are engaged in a gunfight just offshore. The Monitor maneuvered to protect the grounded and burning frigate USS Minnesota. The three hour fight, was inconclusive, with neither ironclad being able to destroy the other
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13123573
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45384362
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3000px x 2120px
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Credit
Mary Evans / The Everett Collection
Source
Courtesy Everett Collection
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