02114cam a2200313 4500 1041924187 TxAuBib 20231115120000.0 980402s1998||||||||||||||||||||||||und|u 9781886661158 1886661154 TxAuBib Smith, Gene A., 1963- Iron and Heavy Guns [Genealogy] : Duel Between the Monitor and Merrimac / Gene A. Smith ; under the general editorship of Grady McWhiney. Abilene, Tex. : McWhiney Foundation Press, 1998. 116 pages : illustrations, maps; paperback. Civil War Campaigns and Commanders Includes bibliographical references (p. 108-111) and index. March 1862. The Union ironclad warship, Monitor, with its two eleven-inch Dahlgren smoothbores in a unique revolving turret assembly, leaves New York City under tow to serve blockade duty off the coast of North Carolina. Meanwhile, the Confederate ironclad Virginia (formerly the wooden frigate Merrimac) is raising havoc with Union blockaders in Hampton Roads. The inevitable showdown takes place on March 9. For more than four hours the two ironclads battle furiously at close range. The Merrimac finally withdraws and returns to Norfolk to protect the river approaches to Richmond, leaving the Monitor in control of the Roads and in position to protect the Union blockaders. In May, the Merrimac is destroyed by its own crew to prevent capture; in December, the Monitor sinks in a storm off Cape Hatteras while under tow from Hampton Roads to North Carolina waters. An exciting account of two ships that would change naval warfare forever. 20231115. For In-Library Use Only. Virginia (Ironclad.) Hampton Roads, Battle of, Va., 1862. Merrimack (Frigate.) Monitor (Ironclad.) McWhiney, Grady. Civil War Campaigns and Commanders. TXHAM