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Online Library of Selected Images -- Picture Data

Photo #: NH 59223

"The Battle between the 'Monitor' and the 'Merrimac', in Hampton Roads, March 9, 1862"


Line engraving published in "Harper's Weekly", January-June 1862, page 237, based on a drawing by Sergeant Charles Worret, Twentieth Regiment New York Volunteers. The view looks approximately south, from over Fortress Monroe, and provides a panoramic view of the action, with many elements keyed to text below the picture.
See Photo # NH 59223 (complete caption) for identification of the numbered features.

U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph.

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26 April 2001