Terrific Combat Between the "Monitor" 2 Guns & "Merrimac" 11 Guns – In Hampton Roads March 9th, 1862 – In which the little "Monitor" whipped the "Merrimac" and the whole "School" of Rebel Steamers

Currier & Ives

1862 · Hand-colored lithograph · Drawings and Prints

Terrific Combat Between the "Monitor" 2 Guns & "Merrimac" 11 Guns – In Hampton Roads March 9th, 1862 – In which the little "Monitor" whipped the "Merrimac" and the whole "School" of Rebel Steamers — Currier & Ives

Scene from a Civil War naval battle. Smoke billows up and to the right at the collision of the Merrimac and Monitor in battle. Steamships circle in the background.

Artist: Currier & Ives
Date: 1862
Medium: Hand-colored lithograph
Department: Drawings and Prints
Credit line: Bequest of Adele S. Colgate, 1962