Terrific combat between the "Monitor" 2 Guns & "Merrimac" 11 Guns in Hampton Roads March 9 1862. In which the little "Monitor" whipped the "Merrimac" and the whole "school" of rebel steamers [graphic].

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Creator	Currier & Ives.
Contributor	McAllister, John A. 1822-1896, collector.
Title	Terrific combat between the "Monitor" 2 Guns & "Merrimac" 11 Guns in Hampton Roads March 9 1862. In which the little "Monitor" whipped the "Merrimac" and the whole "school" of rebel steamers [graphic].
Publisher	New York: [Publ]ished by Currier & Ives, 152 Nassa[u St.]
Publisher	N.Y. New York. 1862
Date	c1862
Physical Description	1 print: lithograph, hand-colored; 22 x 29 cm.(8.75 x 11.5 in.)
Description	Shows the smaller Union ironclad and larger Confederate ironclad, officially renamed Virginia, engaged in a cannon fight. In the background, several warships engaged in battle are visible.
Is referenced by	Conningham, Currier & Ives 5996
Notes	Retrospective conversion record: original entry, edited.
	Originally part of a McAllister scrapbook of Civil War views, places & events.
	Trimmed.
Subject	Monitor (Ironclad)
	Virginia (Ironclad)
	Armored vessels -- Virginia -- Hampton Roads.
	Warships -- Virginia -- Hampton Roads.
Geographic subject	United States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 -- Naval operations.
Genre	Lithographs -- Hand-colored -- 1860-1870.
Provenance	McAllister, John A. (John Allister), 1822-1896, collector.
Location	Library Company of Philadelphia\| Print Department\| *GC - Civil War - Campaigns & battles - Merrimac [5779.F.41]
Accession number	5779.F.41