 Marker ID: W84 Title: First
Battle of Ironclads
Location: Chesapeake Ave. Newport News VA
Description: "In Hampton Roads, southward and a
mile or two offshore, the Virginia (Merrimac) and the
Monitor fought their engagement, March 9, 1862. The day
before the Virginia destroyed the Cumberland and Congress,
wooden ships of the Union navy."
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