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A new age of naval warfare arrived when the Confederate Merrimac fought the Union Monitor in March of 1862. The famous battle has been dubbed "The Battle of the Ironclads." This document provides an in-depth history of the famous battle and of both ironsides ships, as well as a pictorial.

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