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 3 hour gunfight, which ended in a draw, with neither suffering serious damage
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13123690
Media ID
45384760
Size
3000px x 2085px
(2.1MB)
Credit
Mary Evans / The Everett Collection
Source
Courtesy Everett Collection
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