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Currier & Ives Terrific combat between the "Monitor" 2 guns & "Merrimac" 10 guns

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC02881.16 Author/Creator: Currier & Ives Place Written: New York, New York Type: Print Date: circa 1862 Pagination: 1 lithograph : col. Height: 25.3 cm, Width: 35.1 cm Order a Copy

Hand colored lithograph published by Currier & Ives at 152 Nassau Street, New York. Print is mounted. Title continues: "in Hampton Roads, March 9th 1862. In which the little "Monitor" whipped the "Merrimac" and the whole "School" of Rebel Steamers." Caption above the title reads: "The first fight between iron clad ships of war." Depicts the two ironclads almost touching. The "Merrimac" is firing a broadside at the low-lying "Monitor." Smoke from the cannon blasts dominates the image. In the background can be seen the USS "Minnesota" and 2 rebel steamers, labeled below image.

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