Title: Iron coffin
Description: Describes the warship, the USS Monitor, discussing the battle against the CSS Virginia during the Civil War, how it affected warfare and ship construction, its portrayal in popular media, and sailors' accounts of life inside the vessel.
Subjects: United States, Monitor (Ironclad), Naval operations, United States. Navy, History, United states, navy, history, United states, history, civil war, 1861-1865, naval operations
Time periods: Civil War, 1861-1865