Cart (0 items)- Duel of the Ironclads : The Monitor Vs. the Virginia
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Children's - Grade 3-4, Age 8-9
Pages
1 v. (unpaged)
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JUVENILE NONFICTION / History / Military & Wars, JUVENILE NONFICTION / History / United States / Civil War Period (1850-1877), JUVENILE NONFICTION / History / United States / 19th Century
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History, Civil War, 1861-1865, Naval operations, Virginia, History, Civil War, 1861-1865, Naval operations, United States, History, United States, Hampton Roads, Battle of, Va., 1862
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Describes the construction, battles, and historical impact of the Civil War battleships the Monitor and the Virginia, known to Union forces as the Monitor and the Merrimack, focusing on the Battle of Hampton Roads.
A description of the construction, battles, and historical impact of the Civil War battleships, the Monitor and the Virginia, known to Union forces as the Monitor and the Merrimack, focuses on the Battle of Hampton Roads, where it was evident that the age of wooden warships was gone forever. Reprint.
America’s first arms race reached a blazing conclusion on May 9, 1862, when the CSS Virginia charged its full 275 foot length of ironclad momentum toward the USS Monitor. On the shores, crowds waited for the explosive collision between the two bulwarks of the sea. The clash of these mighty military machines, destined to fight each other for the first and last time in the second year of the American Civil War, instantly brought the age of wooden naval ships to an end.
Using vivid paintings, cross-section diagrams, and technical drawings, Patrick O’Brien unfurls the story of the battle that immediately changed the course U.S. naval warfare.
America's first arms race reached a blazing conclusion on May 9, 1862, when the CSS Virginia charged its full 275 foot length of ironclad momentum toward the USS Monitor. On the shores, crowds waited for the explosive collision between the two bulwarks of the sea. The clash of these mighty military machines, destined to fight each other for the first and last time in the second year of the American Civil War, instantly brought the age of wooden naval ships to an end.
Using vivid paintings, cross-section diagrams, and technical drawings, Patrick O'Brien unfurls the story of the battle that immediately changed the course U.S. naval warfare.