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[The Monitor and Merrimac]

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC08878.0142 Author/Creator: Place Written: s.l. Type: Photograph Date: 1861-1877 Pagination: 1 print : b&w Height: 21.5 cm, Width: 14 cm Order a Copy

One unititled photograph circa 1861-1877. Depicts battle between the USS Monitor and the CSS Merrimac, March 9, 1862. Photographer unknown.

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