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The Civil War in America: the historic Monitor vs. the Merrimack...
The Civil War in America: the historic Monitor vs. the Merrimack...
Item # 700138
April 05, 1862
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) Running Into the Federal Sloop Cumberland". This battle was part of the famous Monitor vs. Merrimack naval battle, a turning point in naval warfare because of the use of ironclad ships. The front page article implies this with the title: "The Naval Revolution".
Specific to this is a half page print captioned; "The Civil War In America - Fight In Hampton Roads Between the Federal Floating Battery Monitor and the Confederate Iron-Plated Steamer Merrimack" with a detailed article headed: "The Confederate Account of the Naval Fight In Hampton Roads" which takes over a full column.
There is also a full page print: "Civil War in America - Baggage Wagons & Gun Carriages of the Army of the Potomac on the Move". Also several prints on: "The Prince of Wales' Visit To Egypt" shows the pyramids and the Sphnix.
England had a vested interest in the Civil War, supporting the Confederacy because of its great need for Southern cotton.
The complete issue, with Supplement, very nice condition.
AI notes: The Illustrated London News of April 5, 1862, featured a striking wood-engraving by Thomas Nast depicting the historic naval engagement between the Union’s USS Monitor and the Confederate CSS Virginia (commonly called the Merrimac) at Hampton Roads, Virginia, on March 8–9, 1862. This battle, the first clash between ironclad warships, signaled a revolutionary shift in naval warfare, demonstrating that armored vessels could render traditional wooden fleets nearly obsolete. Nast’s illustration captured the dramatic confrontation, emphasizing the contrast between the low, armored turret of the Monitor and the larger, casemated Virginia, and conveyed the ferocity and novelty of the encounter to a British audience, many of whom had never witnessed naval combat firsthand. Published in one of Britain’s most widely read illustrated weeklies, the image not only chronicled a key Civil War moment but also underscored the international fascination with technological innovation and the escalating intensity of the conflict, cementing the battle’s place in both military history and popular imagination.
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