The Naval Engagement between the Merrimac and the Monitor at Hampton Roads/ on the 9th of March 1862
date: label: Date made
content: 1862
name: label: publisher
content: Bohn, C.
label: maker
content: E. Sachse and Company
label: original artist
content: Worret, Charles
notes: label: Description
content: On March 8, 1862, the Confederate ironclad ship, the CSS Virginia, built from the hull of the USS Merrimack, sailed out of Norfolk to attack Union ships in an attempt to break the Federal blockade, which prevented Norfolk and Richmond from engaging in international trade. It succeeded in destroying two ships, the USS Cumberland and USS Congress. As it approached the USS Minnesota on the morning, the Virginia was engaged by the Union’s own ironclad vessel, the USS Monitor. After exchanging fire for several hours, the retreated to Norfolk, leaving the first battle between ironclad ships a draw.
label: Description
content: The print shows the two ironclads firing upon one another in the harbor of Hampton Roads. The USS Minnesota provides additional fire from the right and other Union and Confederate ships surround the main confrontation. The wrecked USS Cumberland and USS Congress are visible in the back right.
label: Description
content: During the engagement, graphic artist Charles Worrel was serving as a lieutenant in the 20th New York Volunteer Infantry, which was stationed nearby at Fort Monroe, Virginia. His sketch of the battle was later published in Harper’s Weekly and used in this lithograph by E. Sachse & Co., who mistakenly included his name as “Worret.”
label: Description
content: Edward Sachse moved to America from Germany sometime in the 1840s. He settled in Baltimore under E. Weber & Co., the city’s most prominent lithographer. He established E. Sachse & Co. in 1850, specializing in bird’s eye views of Baltimore and Washington D.C. His brother Theodore joined the firm in the mid-1850s and after Edward’s death in 1873, Theodore’s son Adolph headed the company, as A. Sachse & Co., from 1877 to 1887. The print was published by Casimir Bohn (1816-1883), a German-born publisher and bookseller based in Washington, D.C.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
place: label: place made
content: United States: Maryland, Baltimore
topic: label: Subject
content: Civil War
label: Subject
content: Patriotism and Patriotic Symbols
label: related event
content: Civil War
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content: Home and Community Life: Domestic Life
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content: American Civil War Prints
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content: Domestic Furnishings
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Harry T. Peters "America on Stone" Lithography Collection
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: DL.60.3265
label: catalog number
content: 60.3265
objectType: label: Object Name
content: Lithograph
label: Object Type
content: Lithograph
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: paper (overall material)
label: Measurements
content: image: 9 in x 16 1/4 in; 22.86 cm x 41.275 cm