CSS <i>Virginia</i> Model
date: label: date made
content: ca 1960
label: associated date
content: 1862
name: label: maker
content: Arthur G. Henning Inc.
notes: label: Description
content: Physical Description
label: Description
content: 1/4-scale model, wood with plastic parts.
label: Description
content: General History
label: Description
content: On April 21, 1861, Virginians claimed an abandoned navy yard at Norfolk, Virginia. There they found the sunken hull of the burned USS <i>Merrimack</i>. The <i>Merrimack</i> was raised and on June 23, 1861 the Honorable S. R. Mallory, Confederate secretary of the navy, ordered it to be converted to an ironclad. That ironclad was christened the CSS <i>Virginia</i>.
place: label: associated place
content: United States: Virginia, Norfolk
topic: label: Subject
content: Ships
label: related event
content: Civil War
label: related event
content: Civil War and Reconstruction
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content: Military and Society: Armed Forces History, Naval
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content: Military
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content: ThinkFinity
label: Exhibition
content: Price of Freedom
label: Exhibition Location
content: National Museum of American History
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: AF.58728N
label: accession number
content: 235954
label: catalog number
content: 58728-N
objectType: label: Object Name
content: model, ship
label: Other Terms
content: model, ship; Ship; Steam Screw; 10 Guns; Sail; Steam
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: wood (overall material)
label: Physical Description
content: plastic (overall material)
label: Physical Description
content: metal (overall material)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 14 in x 68 1/2 in x 11 in; 35.56 cm x 173.99 cm x 27.94 cm