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The Battle of Hampton Roads , often referred to as the 'Battle of Monitor and Merrimack (or 'Merrimac ), was the most noted and arguably the most important naval battle of the American Civi...
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Like the CSS Merrimack, the USS Monitor was expected to sink, it was referred to as "Ericsson's Folly" (DesJardien 2). The only individual willing to take command of the ship was Lieutenant John Worden.
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Monitor and Merrimack, two American warships that fought the first engagement between ironclad ships. When, at the beginning of the Civil War, the Union forces abandoned the Norfolk Navy Yard at Portsmouth, Va., they scuttled the powerful steam frigate Merrimack.
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Britannica online encyclopedia article on Battle of the Monitor and Merrimack (American Civil War), (March 9, 1862), in the American Civil War, naval engagement at Hampton Roads, Virginia, a harbour at the mouth of the James River, notable as history’s first duel between ironclad warships and the beginning of a new era of ...
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; Battle Between the Monitor and Merrimack by Kurz and Allison ... The Battle of Hampton Roads, often called the Battle of Monitor and Merrimack, was a naval battle of the American Civil War, famous for being the first fight between two ironclad warships, the USS Monitor and the CSS Virginia (the latter rebuilt from the...
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Get information, facts, and pictures about Monitor and Merrimack at Encyclopedia.com. Make research projects and school reports about Monitor and Merrimack easy with credible articles from our FREE, online encyclopedia and dictionary. ... RPI CAN MONITOR MERRIMACK AT UNION TONIGHT.(Sports); Newspaper article from:
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Ironclad ships that fought a famous battle near Hampton Roads, Virginia, in 1861. The Merrimack was actually a sunken Union castoff, dredged up by Confederates and renamed the Virginia. The Monitor was a new Union ship. ... Related Resources:; The Civil War; The Civil War was one of the most ... Elsewhere on the Web:
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The Confederate ironclad carried more guns than the Union Monitor, but it was slow, clumsy, and prone to engine trouble. The Union prototype, as designed by John Ericsson, was the faster and more maneuverable ironclad, but it lacked the Rebel vessel's brutish size and power.
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The Monitor vs. the Merrimack was one of the most famous naval battles in the Civil War. ... One of perhaps the most remarkable events in naval warfare which exists in the annals of history is the encounter of the first two iron-clad ships, the Monitor and the Merrimack. WHEN the navy-yard at Norfolk was seized by...
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