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Picture No 10218400
Date 1862
Description The Civil War in America: naval engagement in Hampton Roads.
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The confederate iron-plated steamer 'Merrimac', running into the Federal sloop, 'Cumberland', from a sketch by T. Nast. This encounter had one important result; the Federals realised that wooden ships were obsolete in the face of the metal clad Confederate ships.
Source Illustrated London News. 1862. cover. By Thomas Nast.
Credit © Illustrated London News Ltd/Mary Evans
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