American Civil War naval battle with 'Merrimac' and 'Monitor' - Stockillustratie

An American Civil War naval battle involving the ironclads ‘Merrimac' (aka ‘CSS Virginia’) and ‘USS Monitor' in Hampton Roads, at the mouth of the James River, Virginia, on the 8th-9th March 1862: with neither party being able to declare conclusive victory. From “The Illustrated London News” dated Saturday April 12th, 1862. “The Illustrated London News” was the world’s first illustrated weekly newspaper and was first published in 1842 by Herbert Ingram.