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Terrific Combat Between the "Monitor" 2 Guns & "Merrimac" 11 Guns – In Hampton Roads March 9th, 1862 – In which the little "Monitor" whipped the "Merrimac" and the whole "School" of Rebel Steamers

1862
Hand-colored lithograph
19.4 × 30.8 cm (7.6 × 12.1 in)

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