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The Battle of Hampton Roads : New Perspectives on the USS Monitor and the CSS Virginia / ed. by Tim Mulligan, Harold Holzer.

Contributor(s): Material type: TextTextPublisher: New York, NY : Fordham University Press, [2022]Copyright date: ©2006Description: 1 online resource (256 p.) : 16 Illustrations, black and whiteContent type:
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  • 9780823296750
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Frontmatter -- Contents -- Acknowledgments -- PREFACE -- INTRODUCTION -- 1. The Battle of Hampton Roads -- 2. Building the Ironclads -- 3. Iron Horse, Iron Coffin: Life Aboard the USS Monitor -- 4. Sink Before Surrender: The Story of the CSS Virginia -- 5. Believe Only Half of What You Read about the Battle of Hampton Roads -- 6. Victory without Glory? The Battle of Hampton Roads in Art -- 7. "This Country Now Occupies the Vantage Ground": Union Monitors vs. the British Navy -- 8. Who Won the Battle of Hampton Roads? A Historians' Debate -- 9. Discovery and Recovery- The Modern History of the USS Monitor: A Personal Memoir -- PORTFOLIO: Highlights from the Monitor Center Collection -- AFTERWORD: About The Mariners' Museum: The Collections -- NOTES -- CONTRIBUTORS -- INDEX
Summary: On March 8 and 9, 1862, a sea battle off the Virginia coast changed naval warfare forever. It began when the Confederate States Navy’s CSS Virginia led a task force to break the Union blockade of Hampton Roads. The Virginia sank the USS Cumberland and forced the frigate Congress to surrender. Damaged by shore batteries, the Virginia retreated, returning the next day to find her way blocked by the newly arrived USS Monitor. The clash of ironclads was underway. After fighting for nine hours, both ships withdrew, neither seriously damaged, with both sides claiming victory. Although the battle may have been a draw and the Monitor sank in a storm later that year, this first encounter between powered, ironclad warships spelled the end of wooden warships—and the dawn of a new navy. This book takes a new look at this historic battle. The ten original essays, written by leading historians, explore every aspect of the battle—from the building of the warships and life aboard these “iron coffins” to tactics, strategy, and the debates about who really won the battle of Hampton Roads. Co-published with The Mariners’ Museum, home to the USS Monitor Center, this authoritative guide to the military, political, technological, and cultural dimensions of this historic battle also features a portfolio of classic lithographs, drawings, and paintings.
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Frontmatter -- Contents -- Acknowledgments -- PREFACE -- INTRODUCTION -- 1. The Battle of Hampton Roads -- 2. Building the Ironclads -- 3. Iron Horse, Iron Coffin: Life Aboard the USS Monitor -- 4. Sink Before Surrender: The Story of the CSS Virginia -- 5. Believe Only Half of What You Read about the Battle of Hampton Roads -- 6. Victory without Glory? The Battle of Hampton Roads in Art -- 7. "This Country Now Occupies the Vantage Ground": Union Monitors vs. the British Navy -- 8. Who Won the Battle of Hampton Roads? A Historians' Debate -- 9. Discovery and Recovery- The Modern History of the USS Monitor: A Personal Memoir -- PORTFOLIO: Highlights from the Monitor Center Collection -- AFTERWORD: About The Mariners' Museum: The Collections -- NOTES -- CONTRIBUTORS -- INDEX

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On March 8 and 9, 1862, a sea battle off the Virginia coast changed naval warfare forever. It began when the Confederate States Navy’s CSS Virginia led a task force to break the Union blockade of Hampton Roads. The Virginia sank the USS Cumberland and forced the frigate Congress to surrender. Damaged by shore batteries, the Virginia retreated, returning the next day to find her way blocked by the newly arrived USS Monitor. The clash of ironclads was underway. After fighting for nine hours, both ships withdrew, neither seriously damaged, with both sides claiming victory. Although the battle may have been a draw and the Monitor sank in a storm later that year, this first encounter between powered, ironclad warships spelled the end of wooden warships—and the dawn of a new navy. This book takes a new look at this historic battle. The ten original essays, written by leading historians, explore every aspect of the battle—from the building of the warships and life aboard these “iron coffins” to tactics, strategy, and the debates about who really won the battle of Hampton Roads. Co-published with The Mariners’ Museum, home to the USS Monitor Center, this authoritative guide to the military, political, technological, and cultural dimensions of this historic battle also features a portfolio of classic lithographs, drawings, and paintings.

Mode of access: Internet via World Wide Web.

In English.

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