The first battle between ironclad warships in American military history!

13 1/4 x 11, full color print, titled "U.S.S. Monitor vs. C.S.S. Virginia." [The Confederate ironclad "Virginia" was known as the "Merrimac" in the North]. Executed from the original painting by Mort Kunstler. Printed on high quality stock, with vivid colors, this historic calendar print would look great framed in your office or den. It also could be used as part of a Civil War naval display. Very desirable.

WBTS Trivia: Known as the Battle of Hampton Roads, Virginia, it took place off Sewell's Point, near Norfolk, and was fought on March 8-9, 1862, with the two iconic ironclad warships, the U.S.S. Monitor, and the C.S.S. Virginia, engaging in brutal head to head combat, the first ever naval fight in America between ironclad warships!

The battle was part of a strategy implemented by the Confederacy in an attempt to break up the Union's blockade, which had a stranglehold on the South, and effectively cut off the largest cities and ports, and industrial areas from being able to conduct international trade, which was in essence the lifeblood of the Confederacy since they did not do much manufacturing of their own goods.

This battle had huge historical significance around the world as it brought attention to the importance of using ironclad warships during naval combat. It had an immediate impact on the preeminent naval powers, France and England, and they both would soon halt any further construction of wooden-hulled warships.