![1862: The Saturday Evening Post Reports on The Monitor and the Merrimack | The Saturday Evening Post 1862: The Saturday Evening Post Reports on The Monitor and the Merrimack | The Saturday Evening Post](https://www.saturdayeveningpost.com/wp-content/uploads/satevepost/2021-01-06-monitor-vs-merrimack-shutterstock-860x573.jpg)
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![The USS 'Monitor' fighting the CSS 'Merrimack' at the Battle of Hampton Roads during the American Civil War, 9th March 1862 (colour litho) The USS 'Monitor' fighting the CSS 'Merrimack' at the Battle of Hampton Roads during the American Civil War, 9th March 1862 (colour litho)](https://www.meisterdrucke.ie/kunstwerke/500px/American_School_-_The_USS_Monitor_fighting_the_CSS_Merrimack_at_the_Battle_of_Hampton_Roads_during_-_(MeisterDrucke-1083703).jpg)
The USS 'Monitor' fighting the CSS 'Merrimack' at the Battle of Hampton Roads during the American Civil War, 9th March 1862 (colour litho)
![On this day: U.S.S Monitor and C.S.S Virginia duke it out in a naval warship battle unlike any other On this day: U.S.S Monitor and C.S.S Virginia duke it out in a naval warship battle unlike any other](https://www.nbc12.com/resizer/sBE5nErZcL4SUhWjuFyg2B6Hawk=/arc-photo-gray/arc3-prod/public/FAOYDWSAAJG5XHAXLMBR5TWYTU.png)
On this day: U.S.S Monitor and C.S.S Virginia duke it out in a naval warship battle unlike any other
![Naval battle between the USS Monitor and the Merrimack (Merrimac), the Battle of Hampton Roads, Chesapeake Naval battle between the USS Monitor and the Merrimack (Merrimac), the Battle of Hampton Roads, Chesapeake](https://images-cdn.bridgemanimages.com/api/1.0/image/600wm.NWI.85843840.7055475/4831679.jpg)
Naval battle between the USS Monitor and the Merrimack (Merrimac), the Battle of Hampton Roads, Chesapeake
![military - Why did the Monitor and Merrimac (aka Virginia) have such radically different designs? - History Stack Exchange military - Why did the Monitor and Merrimac (aka Virginia) have such radically different designs? - History Stack Exchange](https://i.stack.imgur.com/hxCXP.jpg)