"Our Little Monitor" : the greatest invention of the Civil War /
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| Format: | Book |
| Language: | English |
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Kent, Ohio :
Kent State University Press,
[2018]
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| Series: | Civil War in the North.
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Table of Contents:
- Introduction; Part One: The Monitor in history and memory. 1: The Origins of the CSS Virginia; 2: "The Navy Department Will Receive Offers . . ."; 3: Building the Monitor; 4: The Battles of Hampton Roads; 5: "The Pet of the People": The Monitor in Popular Culture; 6: Aftermath of Battle; 7: "The Monitor Is No More"; Chapter 8: Discovery and Recovery
- Part Two: A Documentary Record of the USS Monitor. 9: The U.S. Gun Boat Currituck Escorts the Monitor to Hampton Roads, March 3-9, 1862; 10: Firsthand Accounts of the Battle of Hampton Roads, March 8-10, 1862; 11: President Lincoln's Mailbag, March 10-17, 1862; 12: An Engineer's View from the Monitor, May 14-June 30, 1862; 13: Repairing the Monitor: News Reports from October and November 1862; 14: Two Surgeons Observe the Monitor's Final Moments: December 30, 1862, to January 11, 1863; Appendix: Specifications of the Merrimack and Virginia Before and After Conversion; Notes.