A Currier and Ives lithograph of the battle between the Monitor and the Virginia. Universal History Archive/Universal Images Group via Getty Images As dawn broke over Hampton Roads, Virginia, on March ...

Most students of Civil War history are familiar with the adventures of the ironclad CSS Virginia; Raphael Semmes’ commerce raider, CSS Alabama; and the world’s first true submarine, the H.L. Hunley.

“With all the archival data and that real archaeological data coming together, we’ve built the most accurate virtual model ever of Monitor, and I'm not just talking just the shell of it. Every single ...

At last, the Fredericksburg Area Museum is adequately defended. An 8,300-pound cannon — an artifact from the Confederate ironclad CSS Virginia — was recently put in place outside the museum, its ...

What may be the ghostly remains of the Civil War ironclad CSS Virginia, which won immortality for its 1862 battle with the Union’s Monitor, have been located near the mouth of Virginia’s Elizabeth ...

The Union’s USS Monitor is considered by many to be the most famous ironclad ship of the American Civil War, if not the most famous ship of any kind. It shares the honor with its archnemesis, the ...

On March 9, 1862, Confederate Navy ship CSS Virginia and Union navy ship USS Monitor met in battle off the coast of Virginia. Their clash was inconclusive, but the battle was the first time metal ...