![On this day: U.S.S Monitor and C.S.S Virginia duke it out in a naval warship battle unlike any other On this day: U.S.S Monitor and C.S.S Virginia duke it out in a naval warship battle unlike any other](https://cloudfront-us-east-1.images.arcpublishing.com/gray/FAOYDWSAAJG5XHAXLMBR5TWYTU.png)
On this day: U.S.S Monitor and C.S.S Virginia duke it out in a naval warship battle unlike any other
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Terrific Engagement between the Monitor 2 guns, and Merrimac 10 guns, in Hampton Roads, March 9th 1862. The first fight between Ironships of war., Currier & Ives | Springfield Museums
![1862: The Saturday Evening Post Reports on The Monitor and the Merrimack | The Saturday Evening Post 1862: The Saturday Evening Post Reports on The Monitor and the Merrimack | The Saturday Evening Post](https://www.saturdayeveningpost.com/wp-content/uploads/satevepost/2021-01-06-monitor-vs-merrimack-shutterstock-860x573.jpg)