“The Virginia was a big, ugly smoke-belching machine — not a ship — and the impact of seeing such a strange thing steaming across Hampton Roads was huge,” Holloway says.

1862 - CSS Virginia is destroyed by Confederates off Craney Island to prevent capture. 1898 - During the Spanish-American War, Marines and Sailors from USS Marblehead (C 11) and USS Nashville (PG ...

USS Monitor and the CSS Virginia Author Tane Casserly provided a history of the USS Monitor, the CSS Virginia, and the Battle of Hampton Roads. This was a virtual event hosted by the National ...

John O’Brien rushed to his telegraph key and, with his heart in his throat, tapped out the first warning: the long-feared monster, the CSS Virginia, was coming.

Credit: Graphic courtesy of © James Gurney, with modifications by Wayne Elfman. Text by Mark St. John Erickson. Multimedia by Erik Medrano.

The CSS Virginia, formerly the USS Merrimack, was ready to engage, and on March 9, 1862, the age of iron arrived as they fought to a stalemate at the Battle of Hampton Roads.

Pamplin Historical Park & The National Museum of the Civil War Soldier welcomes speakers William Waldrop and Mike Nusbaum on Thursday Jan. 2, at 7 p.m.

On March 9, 1862, CSS Virginia and USS Monitor, the first ironclads to meet in battle, slammed cannon fire off each other for over four hours.

The Battle of Hampton Roads / William C. Davis -- Building the ironclads / Craig L. Symonds -- Iron horse, iron coffin : life aboard the USS Monitor / David Mindell -- Sink before surrender : the ...

The CSS Virginia and other artifacts are exposed under this barn behind the National Civil War Naval Museum at Port Columbus. Ben Wright [email protected] The National Civil War Naval Museum ...