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American Civil War: USS Monitor and CSS Virginia (rebuilt from the engines and lower hull of the USS Merrimack) fight to a draw in the Battle of Hampton Roads, the first battle between two ironclad warships.
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American Civil War
1861–1865 conflict in the United States
The American Civil War was a civil war in the United States between the Union and the Confederacy, which was formed in 1861 by states that had seceded from the Union. The central conflict leading to war was a dispute over whether slavery should be permitted to expand into the…Source: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA)
USS Monitor
First ironclad of the US Navy, 1861–1862
USS Monitor was an ironclad warship built for the United States Navy during the American Civil War and completed in early 1862, the first such ship commissioned by the Navy. Monitor played a central role in the Battle of Hampton Roads on 9 March under the command of Lieutenant…Source: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA)
CSS Virginia
Civil War Confederate ironclad
CSS Virginia was the first steam-powered ironclad warship built by the Confederate States Navy during the first year of the American Civil War; she was constructed as a casemate ironclad using the razéed original lower hull and engines of the scuttled steam frigate USS…Source: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA)
USS Merrimack (1855)
U.S. Navy Steam frigate
USS Merrimack, variant spelling Merrimac, was a steam frigate, best known as the hull upon which the ironclad warship CSS Virginia was constructed during the American Civil War. The CSS Virginia then took part in the Battle of Hampton Roads in the first engagement between…Source: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA)
Battle of Hampton Roads
1862 naval battle in the American Civil War, the first between ironclads
The Battle of Hampton Roads, also referred to as the Battle of the Monitor and Merrimack or the Battle of Ironclads, was a naval battle during the American Civil War.Source: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA)
Ironclad warship
Steam-propelled warship protected by armor plates
An ironclad was a steam-propelled warship protected by steel or iron armor constructed from 1859 to the early 1890s. The ironclad was developed as a result of the vulnerability of wooden warships to explosive or incendiary shells. The first ironclad battleship, Gloire, was…Source: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA)
March 9
Day of the year
March 9 is the 68th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar; 297 days remain until the end of the year.Source: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA)