![1862: The Saturday Evening Post Reports on The Monitor and the Merrimack | The Saturday Evening Post 1862: The Saturday Evening Post Reports on The Monitor and the Merrimack | The Saturday Evening Post](https://www.saturdayeveningpost.com/wp-content/uploads/satevepost/2021-01-06-monitor-vs-merrimack-shutterstock-860x573.jpg)
1862: The Saturday Evening Post Reports on The Monitor and the Merrimack | The Saturday Evening Post
![On this day: U.S.S Monitor and C.S.S Virginia duke it out in a naval warship battle unlike any other On this day: U.S.S Monitor and C.S.S Virginia duke it out in a naval warship battle unlike any other](https://www.nbc12.com/resizer/sBE5nErZcL4SUhWjuFyg2B6Hawk=/arc-photo-gray/arc3-prod/public/FAOYDWSAAJG5XHAXLMBR5TWYTU.png)
On this day: U.S.S Monitor and C.S.S Virginia duke it out in a naval warship battle unlike any other
![Striden Emellan "Monitor" och "Merrimac" rid Hampton roads d.9 Mars 1862. "Nya Verldens" premium fur 1877 = Battle between the Monitor and the Merrimac at Hampton Roads [Va.] March 9, 1862. "New World" premium 1877. - Prints - Striden Emellan "Monitor" och "Merrimac" rid Hampton roads d.9 Mars 1862. "Nya Verldens" premium fur 1877 = Battle between the Monitor and the Merrimac at Hampton Roads [Va.] March 9, 1862. "New World" premium 1877. - Prints -](https://cdm.bostonathenaeum.org/digital/iiif/p13110coll5/762/full/full/0/default.jpg)
Striden Emellan "Monitor" och "Merrimac" rid Hampton roads d.9 Mars 1862. "Nya Verldens" premium fur 1877 = Battle between the Monitor and the Merrimac at Hampton Roads [Va.] March 9, 1862. "New World" premium 1877. - Prints -
![Terrific Engagement between the Monitor 2 guns, and Merrimac 10 guns, in Hampton Roads, March 9th 1862. The first fight between Ironships of war., Currier & Ives | Springfield Museums Terrific Engagement between the Monitor 2 guns, and Merrimac 10 guns, in Hampton Roads, March 9th 1862. The first fight between Ironships of war., Currier & Ives | Springfield Museums](https://springfieldmuseums.org/wp-content/uploads/2015/10/terrific-engagement-between-the-monitor-2-guns-and-merrimac-10-guns-in-hampton-roads-march-9th-1862-the-first-fight-between-ironships-of-war-by-currier-ives.jpg)
Terrific Engagement between the Monitor 2 guns, and Merrimac 10 guns, in Hampton Roads, March 9th 1862. The first fight between Ironships of war., Currier & Ives | Springfield Museums
![military - Why did the Monitor and Merrimac (aka Virginia) have such radically different designs? - History Stack Exchange military - Why did the Monitor and Merrimac (aka Virginia) have such radically different designs? - History Stack Exchange](https://i.stack.imgur.com/hxCXP.jpg)
military - Why did the Monitor and Merrimac (aka Virginia) have such radically different designs? - History Stack Exchange
![The first battle of Ironclad Warships, USS Monitor vs. CSS Virginia (formerly the USS Merrimack) US Civil War, March 9, 1862. : r/BattlePaintings The first battle of Ironclad Warships, USS Monitor vs. CSS Virginia (formerly the USS Merrimack) US Civil War, March 9, 1862. : r/BattlePaintings](https://i.redd.it/qttn84z1rcm31.jpg)