As dawn broke over Hampton Roads, Virginia, on March 9, 1862, the Confederate Navy ironclad CSS Virginia left the Gosport Naval Yard and sailed toward the grounded Union frigate USS Minnesota. The day ...

Few days opened more darkly for theU.S. Navythan March 9, 1862. Mangled by the lethal guns and armored sides of the CSS Virginia on the previous afternoon, the Union fleet in Hampton Roads still ...

At last, the Fredericksburg Area Museum is adequately defended. An 8,300-pound cannon — an artifact from the Confederate ironclad CSS Virginia — was recently put in place outside the museum, its ...

Few days opened more darkly for the U.S. Navy than March 9, 1862. Mangled by the lethal guns and armored sides of the CSS Virginia on the previous afternoon, the Union fleet in Hampton Roads still ...

“With all the archival data and that real archaeological data coming together, we’ve built the most accurate virtual model ever of Monitor, and I'm not just talking just the shell of it. Every single ...

No one imagined the destruction about to unfold as the CSS Virginia eased from its berth late on the morning of March 8, 1862, for what was supposed to be its maiden voyage. But even as the sailors at ...

The Dec. 28 Associated Press news article "Memorial will honor USS Monitor" contained the astonishing statement that "The Virginia was the Confederate answer to the Union's ironclad ships." In fact, ...

When Tredegar Iron Works in Richmond got the contract for the first Confederate ironclad ship, making the iron wasn’t the only challenge. Getting it to Norfolk, where the USS Merrimack was being ...

Charles Heywood kept his cannon firing even as his ship sank. Born in Waterville on Oct. 3, 1839, Heywood was commissioned a second lieutenant in the United States Marine Corps at New York City on ...

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 ...

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 ...