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Unlike anything that ever floated : the Monitor and Virginia and the Battle of Hampton Roads, March 8-9, 1862
- Title
- Unlike anything that ever floated : the Monitor and Virginia and the Battle of Hampton Roads, March 8-9, 1862 / by Dwight Sturtevant Hughes.
- Author
- Hughes, Dwight Sturtevant
- Publication
- El Dorado Hills, California : Savas Beatie LLC, [2021]
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| Status | Format | Access | Call Number | Item Location |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Text | Use in library | E473.2 .H84 2021 | Off-site |
Details
- Description
- xxv, 165 pages : illustrations, maps; 23 cm.
- Summary
- "The battle between the USS Monitor and the CSS Virginia (ex USS Merrimack) erupted in Hampton Roads, Virginia, Sunday, March 9, 1862. The day before, the Confederate ironclad ram had destroyed the wooden frigates USS Cumberland and USS Congress. This first engagement between ironclad steam warships represented naval, industrial, technological, and social revolutions during the American Civil War. The dramatic story unfolds through primary accounts of men who lived it."--
- Series Statement
- The emerging Civil War series
- Uniform Title
- Emerging Civil War series
- Alternative Title
- Monitor and Virginia and the Battle of Hampton Roads, March 8-9, 1862
- Subject
- Genre/Form
- History.
- Contents
- Prepare for Serious Work -- Sink Before Surrender -- It Strikes Me There's Something in It -- Not the Slightest Intention of Sinking -- A Matter of the First Necessity -- She Went Down with Colors Flying -- Don't Tell Me Ever Again About Fireworks -- The Most Frightened Man -- With Mutual Fierceness -- Nearly Every Shot Struck -- Epilog: Different Fates -- Different Ironclads.
- ISBN
- 9781611215250
- 1611215250
- 9781611215267 (canceled/invalid)
- LCCN
- 2020027492
- OCLC
- on1111784367
- SCSB-9855081
- Owning Institutions
- Princeton University Library