Title

Terrific Combat Between the "Monitor" 2 Guns & "Merrimac" 11 Guns - In Hampton Roads March 9th

Caption

Terrific Combat Between the "Monitor" 2 Guns & "Merrimac" 11 Guns - In Hampton Roads March 9th, 1862 - In which the little "Monitor" whipped the "Merrimac" and the whole "School" of Rebel Steamers, 1862. Scene from a Civil War naval battle.

Credit line

Photo12/Heritage Images

Reference

HRM20A64_382

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NA

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Rights managed

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19,7Mb (2,6Mb) / 10,3in x 7,4in / 3094 x 2231 (300dpi)

Keywords

transport transportation sea flag flags country smoke ship ships geography color monitor combat Virginia war location century banner Stars and Stripes American flag concept battle printing hand-tinted US flag standard collision battleship United States of America Colour 19th century water transport warship civil war warships Hampton Roads hand tinted lithograph Merrimack nineteenth century American history America USA geographical feature Merrimac naval battle TGN lithography USS Merrimack hand coloured portrait united states Currier and Ives Currier & Ives USS Merrimac Nathaniel Currier Currier Nathaniel lithotint hand-coloured naval ship Heritage Art James Merritt Ives Ives James Merritt James Ives