The first battle between "iron" ships of war

Print shows the Monitor and the Merrimack firing at each other during battle, with other battleships in the background, one sinking on the left.

Entered according to act of Congress in the year 1862 by Henry Bill, in the Clerks office of the district court of the U.S. for the district of Connecticut.

Exhibited: "The Civil War in America" at the Library of Congress, Washington, D.C., 2012-2013.

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