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Monitor - Merrimack Battle
Location: Anderson Park (16th Street at Oak Ave.), Newport
News VA 23607 Description:
"From this spot March 9, 1862, observers anxiously awaited
the outcome of one of the most famous naval battles of all
time - between the Confederate ironclad Virginia (formerly
USS Merrimack) and the Union ironclad Monitor. After four
hours inconclusive combat, with neither vessel able to
destroy the other, the contest ended in a draw. But the
world took notice and the age of iron shipbuilding was so
ushered into being there."
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