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Photo # NH 59223:  Battle between USS Monitor and CSS Virginia, seen from over Fortress Monroe. Engraving published in 1862.

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EVENTS -- THE AMERICAN CIVIL WAR -- ACTIONS IN HAMPTON ROADS - JAMES RIVER AREAS --

Action between USS Monitor and CSS Virginia, 9 March 1862 (Part III)


This page features still more images of the battle between USS Monitor and CSS Virginia, on 9 March 1862. The artworks presented on this page are either from distant perspectives, or depict scenes on aboard the combatants.

For other pictorial coverage of this action, see:

  • Action between USS Monitor and CSS Virginia, 9 March 1862.


    If you want higher resolution reproductions than the digital images presented here, see: "How to Obtain Photographic Reproductions."

    Click on the small photograph to prompt a larger view of the same image.

    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.

    Online Image: 104KB; 900 x 355 pixels

     
    Photo #: NH 1052

    Battle between USS Monitor and CSS Virginia, 9 March 1862


    Lithograph by Kurtz and Allison, 1889, depicting the two ironclads in action in the center distance.
    The scene includes the sinking of USS Congress, and the rescue of her crewmen by troops ashore, events which actually took place on the previous day.

    Collection of President Franklin D. Roosevelt.

    U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph.

    Online Image: 100KB; 740 x 565 pixels

     
    Photo #: NH 1056

    Action between USS Monitor and CSS Virginia in Hampton Roads, Virginia, 9 March 1862


    Painting after a sketch made during the fight by Colonel Samuel Wetherill, 11th Pennsylvania Volunteer Cavalry.

    Presented by Mrs. M.K.W. Davis, Colonel Wetherill's daughter, on 15 June 1939.

    U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph.

    Online Image: 70KB; 740 x 450 pixels

     
    Photo #: NH 79906

    "The Monitor's Heros at work in the Turret"


    Artwork published in "Deeds of Valor", Volume II, page 17, by the Perrien-Keydel Company, Detroit, 1907.
    It depicts turret crewmen of USS Monitor working their eleven-inch guns, during the battle with CSS Virginia, 9 March 1862.

    U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph.

    Online Image: 177KB; 740 x 610 pixels

     

    For other pictorial coverage of this action, see:

  • Action between USS Monitor and CSS Virginia, 9 March 1862.


    If you want higher resolution reproductions than the digital images presented here, see: "How to Obtain Photographic Reproductions."


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    Page made 29 May 2001
    Minor caption correction made 27 September 2005