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USS Monitor and the CSS Virginia

Log-in to bookmark & organize content - it's free! Author Tane Casserly provided a history of the USS Monitor, the CSS Virginia, and the Battle of Hampton Roads. This was a virtual event hosted by the ...
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USS Monitor Center’s opening marks Civil War battle anniversary

NEWPORT NEWS, Va. – Exactly 145 years after the USS Monitor faced the Confederate ship CSS Virginia in the first clash of ironclads, a $30 million center dedicated to the Union vessel opened Friday.
Arizona Daily Star

Virginia center dedicated to USS Monitor opens on 145th anniversary of Civil War battle

NEWPORT NEWS, Va. — Exactly 145 years after the USS Monitor faced the Confederate ship CSS Virginia in the first clash of ironclads, a $30 million center dedicated to the Union vessel opened Friday.
Business Insider

The first battle between ironclad warships was a dud, but it changed naval warfare forever

On March 9, 1862, Confederate Navy ship CSS Virginia and Union navy ship USS Monitor met in battle off the coast of Virginia. Their clash was inconclusive, but the battle was the first time metal ...
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The Battle of Hampton Roads : new perspectives on the USS Monitor and CSS Virginia / edited by Harold Holzer and Tim Mulligan

The Battle of Hampton Roads / William C. Davis -- Building the ironclads / Craig L. Symonds -- Iron horse, iron coffin : life aboard the USS Monitor / David Mindell -- Sink before surrender : the ...
San Antonio Express-News

Faces of 2 USS Monitor crew members reconstructed

RICHMOND, Va. — When the turret of the USS Monitor was raised from the ocean bottom, two skeletons and the tattered remnants of their uniforms were discovered in the hulk of the Union Civil War ...
WAVY-TV

Turret of USS Monitor visible at Mariners’ Museum

NEWPORT NEWS, Va. (WAVY) — Hampton Roads has a rich history, and there’s no more memorable battle than the one between the Monitor and the Merrimac. The turret of the USS Monitor is in the middle of ...
NBC News

150 years later, two USS Monitor sailors to be buried

Two drowned Union sailors are finally going to be laid to rest 150 years after they went down with the USS Monitor in a storm off the coast of North Carolina. U.S. Secretary of the Navy Ray Mabus ...
The Virginian-Pilot

Mariners’ Museum bores gun of USS Monitor, takes major step toward displaying the ironclad’s weapons

Erik Farrell stared down the barrel of the 8-ton Dahlgren gun, not fazed by the black water spewing onto his arms, face and curlicue mustache, focused instead on keeping the drill steady as he guided ...
WVEC

Conservators clean Civil War ironclad USS Monitor's guns

NEWPORT NEWS, Va. — There's work happening to protect a piece of American history in Newport News. Crews are busy working to conserve the USS Monitor's Dahlgren guns at the Mariners' Museum. The ...
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USS Monitor and the CSS Virginia

User-Created Clip by zlowe November 5, 2021 2021-10-23T17:41:46-04:00https://images.c-span.org/Files/caf/1636116159.jpgAuthor Tane Casserly provided a history of the ...