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BATTLE OF THE HAMPTON ROADS IRONCLADS
Virginia Sinking the Cumberland, March 8th, 1863
Postcard, Courtesy of Kirn Library, Sargeant RoomBooks and Publications:
The First Iron-clad Naval Engagement in the World: History of Facts of the Great Naval Battle Between The Merrimac, C. S. N. and The Ericsson Monitor, U. S. N., Hampton Roads, March 8 and 9, 1862, by E. V. White, Portsmouth, Virginia. New York: J. S. Ogilive Publishing Company, 1906.
History of Norfolk Co., Virginia, and Representative Citizens, by Col. William N. Stewart, Biographical Publishing Co., Chicago, IL, 1902. Chapter XXVI, "The Confederate States Navy Yard," pp 443-453.
House Document (United States. Congress. Senate); 40th Congress, 2d Session [December 2, 1867 - November 10, 1868]. Ex. Doc. No. 86. Letter of the Secretary of the Navy, communicating, in compliance with a resolution of the Senate of the 24th instant, information in relation to the construction of the iron-clad Monitor.
Newpapers:
SCIENTIFIC AMERICAN, March 30, 1861. Vessels of War of the United States Navy.
THE NEW YORK TIMES, Friday, May 24, 1861. Probable Movements Against Gosport.
NEW YORK HERALD, March 10, 1862. The Conflict off Newport's News.
NEW YORK HERALD, March 11, 1862. The Monitor Succeeds.
CHARLESTON DAILY COURIER, March 14, 1862. The Latest News from Norfolk.
NEW YORK HERALD, March 14, 1862. The Battle of the Iron-Clad Steamers.
THE DETROIT FREE PRESS, March 15 & 16, 1862. Monitor vs Merrimac.
FRANK LESLIE'S ILLUSTRATED NEWSPAPER (New York), March 22, 1862. "The Naval Battle in Hampton Roads."
THE NEW YORK TIMES, Saturday, May 10, 1862. War news.
THE NEW YORK TIMES, Monday, May 12 and 13, 1862. Destruction of the Merrimac & Capture of Norfolk.
THE NEW YORK HERALD, May 12, 1862: Norfolk is Ours. May 13, 1862: The Capture of Norfolk.
THE PHILADELPHIA INQUIRER, Monday, May 12, 1862, and Tuesday, May 13, 1862.
SACRAMENTO DAILY UNION, June 26, 1862. "A Trip to Norfolk."
Pictures:
Burning of the Merrimac and Shipyard, Courtesy of Kirn Library, Sargeant Room.
C S Ironclad, Virginia , Courtesy of Kirn Library, Sargeant Room.
Civil War Map of Hampton Roads, New York Times, May 10, 1862.
Craney Island batteries, (Civil War) Harper's Weekly, Nov. 2, 1861.
Destruction of the Navy Yard, Illustrated Times, June 15, 1861, Courtesy of Kirn Library, Sargeant Room.
Ironclads, Courtesy of Kirn Library, Sargeant Room.
Merrimac, Courtesy of Kirn Library, Sargeant Room.
"Virginia" (Merrimac) passing Fort Norfolk, March 8, 1862, original from painting by B. A. Richardson.
Merrimac in Dry Dock, Being Converted into the Iron Battery "Virginia," original from painting by B. A. Richardson, (postcard, courtesy of Kirn Library, Sargeant Room)
Monitor vs. Merrimac, The Illustrated London News, April 5, 1862.
Monitor vs. Merrimac (night scene), Courtesy of Kirn Library, Sargeant Room.
Occupation of Norfolk, Virginia—View of the City—Union Vessels at Anchor, Frank Leslie's Illustrated Newspaper, June 7, 1862.
Occupation of Norfolk, Virginia—Bird's Eye View of the Ruins of the Navy Yard at Gosport—Evacuated by Commander M'Cauley, U. S. N., Commanding April 21, 1861, Abandoned and Burnt by the Rebels on May 11, 1862, Frank Leslie's Illustrated Newspaper, June 7, 1862.
Richmond and its Defenses, New York Times, May 13, 1862.
Virginia Sinking the Cumberland, March 8th, 1862, Courtesy of Kirn Library, Sargeant Room.
Birth of the Gosport Yard & into the 19th Century