Photo #: NH 42212
"Desperate Encounter Between the Ericsson Battery 'Monitor'
2 Guns, and the 'Merrimac' 12 Guns"
"In Hampton Roads, March 9th 1862."
"In Which the 'Monitor' was Victorious. The 'Merrimac' Being
Finally Towed Off in a Disabled Condition"
Contemporary print, 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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