Format: Paperback
Pages: 192
ISBN: 9781611215250
Pub Date: 15 May 2021
Imprint: Savas Beatie
Series: Emerging Civil War Series
Illustrations: 10 maps, 150 images
Description:
"Ironclad against ironclad, we maneuvered about the bay here and went at each other with mutual fierceness," reported Chief Engineer Alban Stimers following that momentous engagement between the USS Monitor and the CSS Virginia (ex USS Merrimack) in Hampton Roads, Sunday, March 9, 1862. The day before, the Rebel ram had obliterated two powerful Union warships and was poised to destroy more. That night, the revolutionary - not to say bizarre - Monitor slipped into harbor after hurrying down from New York through fierce gales that almost sank her.