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NEW-YORK TIMES,  March 10, 1862  Front page heads beginning at the top of the first column describe the events of the most famous naval engagement of the Civil War, the battle of the Monitor vs.… more

NEW-YORK TIMES, March 11, 1862  

* Battle of Hampton Roads
* Monitor vs. Merrimack
* Historic Civil War naval battle
* Union and Confederate ironclads

Back page heads report the famous… more

HARPER'S WEEKLY, New York, March 22, 1862  Certainly one of more notable issues of the Civil War as the focus is on the historic naval battle between the Monitor and the Merrimac.
The front page… more

NEW YORK TRIBUNE, March 14, 1862  

* Battle of Hampton Roads, Virginia
* Battle of the Monitor and Merrimack (CSSVirginia)
* Civil War ironclads clash

A significant issue reporting one of… more

HARPER'S WEEKLY, New York, April 12, 1862  The front page has prints of: "Major-General Buell" "Brigadier-General Shields" and "Bomb-Proof Sandbag Battery at New Bern, North Carolina, Taken by… more

FRANK LESLIE'S ILLUSTRATED, New York, March 22, 1862 

* Battle of Hampton Roads, Virginia
* Battle of the Monitor and Merrimack (CSS Virginia)
* Civil War ironclads clash w/ illustrations

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FRANK LESLIE'S ILLUSTRATED, New York, March 22, 1862

* Battle of Hampton Roads, Virginia
* Battle of the Monitor and Merrimack (CSS Virginia)
* Civil War ironclads clash

The front page has a… more

NEW YORK TRIBUNE, March 11, 1862 

* Battle of Hampton Roads
* Monitor vs. Merrimack
* Historic Civil War naval battle

Page 5 contains a full column report which carries over to the back… more

NEW YORK TRIBUNE, March 15, 1862    

* Battle of Hampton Roads, Virginia
* Battle of the Monitor and Merrimack (CSS Virginia)
* Civil War ironclads

Page 5 contains some historic one column… more

THE NEW SOUTH, Port Royal, South Carolina, March 22, 1862 

* Rare Union occupation title
* Battle of Hampton Roads
* Monitor vs. Merrimac... Ironclads naval battle

Here is an interesting… more

DAILY RICHMOND EXAMINER, Virginia, April 9, 1862  Page 3 also has: "Telegraphic News--Further Particulars of the Battle of Shiloh" or Pittsburg Landing as it was known in the North.
It is a short… more

AMERICAN PHRENOLOGICAL JOURNAL, New York, February, 1853  Phrenology is a theory stating that the personality traits of a person can be derived from the shape of the skull. Although holding no… more

NEW YORK DAILY TRIBUNE, March 13, 1862  

* The Monitor vs. the Merrimack
* Battle of Hampton Roads, Virginia
* Civil War map & print

Page 5 has a report with heads: "The Engagement in… more

THE ILLUSTRATED LONDON NEWS, England, April 5, 1862  The front page has a print: "The Civil War Inn America - Naval Engagement in Hampton Roads: The Confederate...Steamer Merrimack (or Virginia)… more

HARPER'S WEEKLY, New York, November 11, 1893 The front page features a full page illustration "The Assassination of Mayor Harrison of Chicago." Inside is a half-page illustration of "The New War… more

HARPER'S WEEKLY, New York, May 31, 1862  Full ftpg: "Balloon View of the Attack on Fort Darling, in the James River, by Commander Roger's Gun-Boat Flotilla, 'Galena,' Monitor,' etc". Prints inside… more

HARPER'S WEEKLY, New York, November 2, 1861  The front page is taken up with: "The Rebel Steamer' Merrimac' Razed, and Ironclad" which would figure in the historic battle with the Monitor less than… more

BALLOU'S PICTORIAL, Boston, July 14, 1855 

* USS Merrimack launching
* CSS Virginia ironclad warship fame
* Battle of Hampton Roads fame

The front page has a nice print captioned: "Launch of… more

FRANK LESLIE'S ILLUSTRATED NEWSPAPER, New York, Feb. 23, 1856  The front page has a print of: "The New U.S. Steam Frigate Merrimac on Her Trial Trip". This was the ship that would ultimately be… more

NEW YORK TRIBUNE, April 7, 1862 

* CSS Manassas ironclad ship

War reports are found on pages 4 & 5 with column heads including: "The War For The Union" 'The Abolition of Slavery in the District" "The… more