On March 8 and 9, 1862, a sea battle off the Virginia coast changed
naval warfare forever. It began when the Confederate States Navyas
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 warshipsaand 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 battleafrom the building of the warships and
life aboard these airon coffinsa to tactics, strategy, and the
debates about who really won the battle of Hampton Roads.
Co-published with The Marinersa 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. Harold Holzer is one of the countryas leading experts on
the Civil War. His books include Lincoln and Cooper Union: The
Speech That Made Abraham Lincoln President and, for Fordham,
Lincoln on Democracy (co-edited with Mario M. Cuomo) and The
Lincoln-Douglas Debates: The Complete, Unexpurgated Text. Tim
Mulligan's books include Virginia: A History and Guide.
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