Opening Hours
Daily: 10 A.M.–5 P.M.
Closed on Tuesdays
1151 Oxford Road
San Marino, CA 91108
Rare Books
The Merrimac and the Monitor
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Daily: 10 A.M.–5 P.M.
Closed on Tuesdays
1151 Oxford Road
San Marino, CA 91108
Visual Materials
Image of the naval battle between the USS Monitor and the CSS Virginia (also called the Merrimac or Merrimack) from the coastline during the American Civil War; Union officers on horseback view ironclad warships attacking a Union battleship while soldiers and civilians rescue sailors from the water with lifeboats; soldiers fire cannons from fort at right.
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Rare Books
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Visual Materials
Image of the naval battle between the ironclad ships Monitor and Merrimack in the Battle of Hampton Roads, March 8–9, 1862, during the American Civil War.
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Visual Materials
Image of Union and Confederate ironclad ships the USS Monitor and the CSS Virginia (also called the Merrimac or Merrimack), steamships & sailing ships engaged in battle at sea during the American Civil War.
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