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Parsons, Charles, 1821-1910 Naval Engagement in Hampton Roads-Merrimac and Monitor

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC08878.0141 Author/Creator: Parsons, Charles, 1821-1910 Place Written: New York, New York Type: Engraving Date: 1863 Pagination: 1 print : b&w Height: 27.5 cm, Width: 20 cm Order a Copy

One engraving entitled "Naval Engagement in Hampton Roads-Merrimac and Monitor" dated 1863. Depicts battle between the ironclad, USS Monitor and CSS Merrimac, March 9, 1862. Caption notes, [additional ships featured in painting] Sewalls Point, Rebel Tug, Jamestown, Yorktown, Cumberland, Minnesota, and Newport News. Engraved by J. Davies after a painting by Charles Parsons.

Davies, J., fl. 1863
Parsons, Charles, 1821-1910

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