Photo #: NH 42211
"The Great Fight Between the 'Merrimac' & 'Monitor', March
9th 1862."
"The First Battle Between Iron Clad Ships of War."
Lithograph by Currier & Ives, New York, 1862, "From a sketch
furnished by F. Newman of Norfolk, Va.", depicting the action
between USS Monitor and CSS Virginia (ex-USS Merrimack).
Collection of President Franklin D. Roosevelt.
U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph.
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