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"Our Little Monitor" : the greatest invention of the Civil War
- Title
- "Our Little Monitor" : the greatest invention of the Civil War / Anna Gibson Holloway and Jonathan W. White.
- Author
- Holloway, Anna Gibson
- Publication
- Kent, Ohio : The Kent State University Press, [2018]
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Details
- Additional Authors
- White, Jonathan W., 1979-
- Description
- xix, 283 pages : illustrations (some color), color maps; 27 cm
- Series Statement
- Civil War in the North
- Uniform Title
- Civil War in the North.
- Subjects
- Genre/Form
- History.
- Bibliography (note)
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 273-278) and index.
- Contents
- Introduction; Part One: The Monitor in history and memory. 1: The Origins of the CSS Virginia; 2: "The Navy Department Will Receive Offers . . ."; 3: Building the Monitor; 4: The Battles of Hampton Roads; 5: "The Pet of the People": The Monitor in Popular Culture; 6: Aftermath of Battle; 7: "The Monitor Is No More"; Chapter 8: Discovery and Recovery -- Part Two: A Documentary Record of the USS Monitor. 9: The U.S. Gun Boat Currituck Escorts the Monitor to Hampton Roads, March 3-9, 1862; 10: Firsthand Accounts of the Battle of Hampton Roads, March 8-10, 1862; 11: President Lincoln's Mailbag, March 10-17, 1862; 12: An Engineer's View from the Monitor, May 14-June 30, 1862; 13: Repairing the Monitor: News Reports from October and November 1862; 14: Two Surgeons Observe the Monitor's Final Moments: December 30, 1862, to January 11, 1863; Appendix: Specifications of the Merrimack and Virginia Before and After Conversion; Notes.
- Call Number
- JFF 18-541
- ISBN
- 9781606353141
- 1606353144
- LCCN
- 2016054989
- OCLC
- 965617538
- Author
- Holloway, Anna Gibson, author.
- Title
- "Our Little Monitor" : the greatest invention of the Civil War / Anna Gibson Holloway and Jonathan W. White.
- Publisher
- Kent, Ohio : The Kent State University Press, [2018]
- Type of Content
- text
- Type of Medium
- unmediated
- Type of Carrier
- volume
- Series
- Civil War in the NorthCivil War in the North.
- Bibliography
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 273-278) and index.
- Chronological Term
- 1861-1865
- Added Author
- White, Jonathan W., 1979- author.
- Other Form:
- Online version: Holloway, Anna Gibson. "Our Little Monitor". Kent, Ohio : The Kent State University Press, 2017 9781631012648 (DLC) 2016056728
- Research Call Number
- JFF 18-541