Research Catalog

Title

Duel between the first ironclads / William C. Davis.

Author

Davis, William C., 1946-

Publication

Garden City, N.Y. : Doubleday, 1975.

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Details

Description

x, 201 p., [8] leaves of plates : ill.; 22 cm.

Summary

The famous Civil War battle between the U.S.S. Monitor and the C.S.S. Virginia is revealed from contemporary journals and letters.

Subject

• Monitor (Ironclad)
• Merrimack (Frigate)
• 1862
• Hampton Roads, Battle of, Va., 1862

Note

• Includes index.

Bibliography (note)

• Bibliography: p. [187]-194.

Processing Action (note)

• committed to retain

Contents

"To bury us forever" -- "Iron against wood" -- "There's something in it" -- "Prompt and successful action" -- "Ericsson's folly" -- I lived ten good years" -- That thing is a -comin' " -- "We vowed vengeance on the Merrimac" -- "One of the greatest naval engagements" -- "The Virginia no longer exists" -- "The Monitor is no more" -- "Ram fever."

ISBN

0385098685

LCCN

^^^75011071^

OCLC

• 1551282
• SCSB-12983438

Owning Institutions

Harvard Library