A Currier and Ives lithograph of the battle between the Monitor and the Virginia.Universal History Archive/Universal Images Group via Getty Images As dawn broke over Hampton Roads, Virginia, on March ...

The brass bell — most of it, anyway — has survived the Battle of Hampton Roads, a Portsmouth church fire and the melting pot of a Baltimore foundry. Now it’s tucked away in a Civil War exhibit at the ...

Had you been around 155 years ago, and stood on the Virginia shore on a March day in 1862, you would have witnessed the most astounding sight. You would have glimpsed a ship the likes of which you had ...

"Iron versus Wood: Sinking of the Cumberland by the Merrimac. In Hampton Roads, March 8, 1862." Oil painting by Edward Moran. (National Archives) NORFOLK, Va. — The brass bell, most of it, anyway, has ...

No one had to guess who had the strongest navy when the Civil War started. The Union boasted 42 ships, while the Confederacy had none. And both sides knew the struggle might be won or lost by the ...

The Monitor-Merrimack showdown may be one of the Civil War's most overhyped chestnuts: the two ships were by no means the first ironclads, and their long awaited confrontation proved an anticlimactic ...

A postcard from the early 1900s celebrates the Monitor and the Merrimack. From Iron Dawn, by Richard Snow. On March 9, 1862, on the James River near the Chesapeake Bay, two strange-looking, clumsy ...

On March 9, 1862, Confederate Navy ship CSS Virginia and Union navy ship USS Monitor met in battle off the coast of Virginia. Their clash was inconclusive, but the battle was the first time metal ...

The brass bell — most of it, anyway — has survived the Battle of Hampton Roads, a Portsmouth church fire and the melting pot of a Baltimore foundry. Now it’s tucked away in a Civil War exhibit at the ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. A Currier and Ives lithograph of the battle between the Monitor and the Virginia. Universal History Archive/Universal Images Group ...