Bibliograph

Unlike anything that ever floated, the Monitor and Virginia and the Battle of Hampton Roads, March 8-9, 1862, by Dwight Sturtevant Hughes

Type

Label

Unlike anything that ever floated, the Monitor and Virginia and the Battle of Hampton Roads, March 8-9, 1862, by Dwight Sturtevant Hughes

Language

eng

Illustrations

illustrationsmaps

Index

no index present

Literary Form

non fiction

Main title

Unlike anything that ever floated

Oclc number

1111784367

Responsibility statement

by Dwight Sturtevant Hughes

Series statement

The emerging Civil War series

Sub title

the Monitor and Virginia and the Battle of Hampton Roads, March 8-9, 1862

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."--, Provided by publisher

Table Of 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

Target audience

adult

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Monitor and Virginia and the Battle of Hampton Roads, March 8-9, 1862

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