The Battle of Hampton Roads
Subtitle: new perspectives on the USS Monitor and CSS Virginia
By: edited by Harold Holzer and Tim Mulligan.
Contributors: Holzer, Harold.; Mulligan, Tim, 1938-
Edition: 1st ed.
Publisher: Fordham University Press
Published: 2005
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 222
Subjects: Monitor (Ironclad); Virginia (Ironclad); Hampton Roads, Battle of, Va., 1862; Virginia -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 -- Naval operations; United States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 -- Naval operations
Description: "On March 8 and 9, 1862, a sea battle of the Virginia coast changed naval warfare forever. It began when the CSS Virginia of the Confederate States Navy led a task force to break the Union blockade of Hampton Roads. The Virginia sank the USS Cumberland and forced the frigate USS Congress to surrender. Damaged by shore batteries, Virginia retreated, returning the next day to find her way blocked by the newly arrived USS Monitor. The clash of ironclads was underway."

"This book takes a new look at that historic battle. The original essays, written by leading naval and Civil War scholars, explore every aspect of the battle - from the building of the warships and life aboard these "iron coffins" to tactics, strategy, and the debates about who really won the battle of Hampton Roads." "Copublished with The Mariners' Museum, this guide to the military, political, technological, and cultural dimensions of this historic battle also features a portfolio of classic lithographs, drawings, and paintings interpreting the battle, including for the first time an array of pictures of the exhumed Monitor relics."--Jacket.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: The Battle of Hampton Roads / William C. Davis; title: Building the ironclads / Craig L. Symonds; title: Iron horse, iron coffin : life aboard the USS Monitor / David Mindell; title: Sink before surrender : the story of the CSS Virginia / John V. Quarstein; title: Believe only half of what you read about the Battle of Hampton Roads / Mabry Tyson; title: Victory without glory? the Battle of Hampton Roads in art / Harold Holzer; title: "This country now occupies the vantage ground" : Union monitors vs. the British Navy / Howard J. Fuller; title: Who won the Battle of Hampton Roads? a historians' debate / John V. Quarstein and Joseph Gutierrez; title: Discovery and recovery-the modern history of the USS Monitor : a personal memoir /Jeff Johnston; title: Portfolio : highlights from the Monitor Center collection; title: Afterword : about the Mariners' Museum : the collections.