Battle of the Monitor and Merrimac – Vintage Print
(Originally scanned by the Library of Congress. Each image is professionally and digitally cleaned of artifacts such as color bars and extra borders prior to printing.)
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Battle of the Monitor and Merrimac
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The clash between the Union ironclad Monitor and the Confederate ironclad Merrimac at Hampton Roads, Virginia, in March 1862 was one of the first battles between ironclad warships, and it ended in a draw. The Confederate vessel was rebuilt on the hull of the scuttled USS Merrimack, which is why the two names are often confused. This print dates from about 1889, more than twenty-five years after the fight, when illustrators were still returning to the battle as a landmark of naval history.
| Created / published | c1889 July 12. |
|---|---|
| Medium | 1 print. |
| Notes | U21597 U.S. Copyright Office. This record contains unverified data from PGA shelflist card. Associated name on shelflist card: *. |
| Source | Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division |
| Original scan | 1,536 × 1,247 px · prints to 5 × 4 in at 300 dpi |
| Reference | AMZ-SOTP-HPA-112890 |
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