Iron and Heavy Guns: Duel Between the Monitor and the Merrimac

by Grady McWhiney and Gene A. Smith

Book Overview

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 9th. For more than four hours the two ironclads...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1886661154
• ISBN13: 9781886661158
• Release Date: January 1998
• Publisher: TX A&m-McWhiney Foundation
• Length: 118 Pages
• Weight: 0.50 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.4" x 6.0" x 9.0"