The 150th Anniversary of the Battle of Hampton Roads on March 8, 1862. This lead to the following day - March 9, 1862 - of the first naval engagement of Ironclad warship - the USS Monitor and the CSS Virginia. The Virginia was built on top of the captured Union ship Merrimack. Since the Union won the war, it is more commonly referred to as the battle of the Monitor vs. the Merrimack. Kate Wiltrout provided the text, Meredith Kruse was the editor and I had about 2 days to get this together.
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