Battle of Hampton Roads

Battle between the Monitor and Merrimac--fought March 9th 1862 at Hampton Roads, near Norfolk, Va. CALL NUMBER: PGA - Kurz & Allison--Battle between the Monitor and Merrimac (D size) [P&P]. REPRODUCTION NUMBER: LC-USZC4-1752 (color film copy transparency). MEDIUM: 1 print : lithograph, color. CREATED/PUBLISHED: c1889. CREATOR: Kurz & Allison. Source: Library of Congress. Caption cropped.

CRAFTS (1868) p1.336 MONITOR AND MERRIMAC

First Lieutenant Walter Raleigh Butt, Confederate States Navy, served on the CSS Virginia, 1862.

Accesson: 2004-71-27 Award, Medal, Civil War, Navy 2.18 "H x 1.43 "W Medal, Civil War, Navy, serial# 179. Medal awarded to Ensign Lewis R. Hamersley who served on the Aroostook. The obverse of the medal has a depiction of the battle between the Monitor and the Merrimac on 9th March 1862, The medal was authorized on the 27th of June 1908. Collection of Curator Branch, Naval History and Heritage Command.

Accesson: 2004-71-27 Award, Medal, Civil War, Navy 2.18" H x 1.43" W Medal, Civil War, Navy, serial# 179. Medal awarded to Ensign Lewis R. Hamersley who served on the Aroostook. The obverse of the medal has a depiction of the battle between the Monitor and the Merrimac on the 9th of March 1862. The medal was authorized on the 27th of June 1908. Collection of Curator Branch, Naval History and Heritage Command.

Accession: 66-318-A Shell Fragment, CSS Virginia 2.5" H x 3.75" W Shell fragment fired from the CSS Virginia into the USS Congress during the Battle at Hampton Roads on the 8th of March 1862. The Virginia also engaged the USS Cumberland which sank. Collection of Curator Branch, Naval History and Heritage Command.

Drawing of the 1862 battle at Hampton Roads between the USS Monitor and the CSS Merrimac

* Postcard series number: 8080 Last series bearing Detroit Photographic Company imprint.

Title: Battle between the Monitor and Merrimac--fought March 9th 1862 at Hampton Roads, near Norfolk, Va. Abstract/medium: 1 print : chromolithograph ; 56 x 70.5 cm (sheet)

Title: Battle between the Monitor and Merrimac--fought March 9th 1862 at Hampton Roads, near Norfolk, Va. Abstract/medium: 1 print : chromolithograph ; 56 x 70.5 cm (sheet)

Print shows a battle scene between the ironclads Monitor and Merrimac just offshore, also shows a Union ship sinking and rescue boats being put to sea from shore, as well as a Union artillery bunker, Union soldiers and officers, and some rescued sailors.

The Battle of Hampton Roads, poem, from Vanity Fair, March 29, 1862, p. 159

CSS Virginia (1862-1862). Wash drawing by Clary Ray, 1898. Courtesy of the U.S. Navy Art Collection, Washington, D.C. U.S. Naval History and Heritage Command Photograph. Catalog #: NH 57830

12th Annual Battle of Hampton Roads Weekend, Mariners; Museum, Reenactors, fun

Gefecht zwischen "Monitor"(Nord) und "Virginia"(Süd) am 9. März 1862 im amerikanischen Sezessionskrieg.

LC-DIG-PGA-00446: Battle of Hampton Roads, March 9, 1862. Somewhat inaccurate lithograph of the engagement between USS Monitor and CSS Virginia. Note the US Navy ships Congress and Cumberland sunk in the background from prior day’s battle between CSS Virginia. Created by Calvert Lithographing Co. Published by McCormick Harvesting Machine Company, Chicago, 1891. Courtesy of the Library of Congress.

LC-DIG-PGA-04044: Battle of Hampton Roads, March 9, 1862. “USS Monitor vs. CSS Virginia,” by J. O. Davidson. Facsimile print by L. Prang & Company. Courtesy of the Library of Congress.

Letter to Jefferson Davis from Robert E. Lee

Lot-6922-25: Civil War: CSS Virginia ramming USS Cumberland, March 8, 1862. Line engraving published in Le Monde Illustre Courtesy of the Library of Congress. (2017/07/21).

Lot-6922-26: Civil War: Battle of Hampton Roads. CSS Virginia and USS Monitor engaging in battle, March 9, 1862. Line engraving published in Le Monde Illustre Courtesy of the Library of Congress. (2017/07/21).

Monitor, Union warship, as drawn by Samuel Ward Stanton. Shown in combat with Confederate armored steam ram Merrimac, also known as Virginia.

"Statement relating to the Merrimac" by James Byers: p. 24-27 Subjects: Merrimack (Frigate); Monitor (Ironclad); Hampton Roads, Battle of, Va., 1862