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From the moment the Merrimack and the Monitor - which had been built in just 101 days - waged their historic battle in Hampton Roads, observers noted that every other navy on earth was now obsolete. Unknown location. Pontoon boats on wheeled carriages Photographs of artillery, place and date unknown. CREATED/PUBLISHED: Between 1860 and 1865 REPRODUCTION NUMBER: LC-B8171-2557 James River, Va. Deck of Confederate gunboat Teaser, captured by U.S.S. Maratanza, showing damage from shell fire Photographs of the Federal Navy, and seaborne expeditions against the Atlantic Coast of the Confederacy -- the Federal Navy, 1861-1865. CREATED/PUBLISHED: 1862 July 4. REPRODUCTION NUMBER: LC-B8171-0483 White House Landing, Va. View down river, with supply vessels Photograph from the main eastern theater of war, the Peninsular Campaign, May-August 1862. CREATED/PUBLISHED: 1862. REPRODUCTION NUMBER: LC-B8171-2489 Aquia Creek Landing, Va. Wharf with transport and supplies Photograph from the main eastern theater of war, Burnside and Hooker, November 1862-April 1863. CREATED/PUBLISHED: Between 1860 and 1865 REPRODUCTION NUMBER: LC-B8171-7643 On deck of the U.S.S. Pawnee--off Charleston, S.C. Starboard battery of Dahlgren 11-inch smooth-bore naval guns on left. CREATED/PUBLISHED: photographed between 1861 and 1865, printed later REPRODUCTION NUMBER: LC-USZ62-94892 /span> Yorktown, Va. Embarkation for White House Landing, Va. Photograph from the main eastern theater of war, the Peninsular Campaign, May-August 1862. CREATED/PUBLISHED: 1862 May. REPRODUCTION NUMBER: LC-B8171-2363 Norfolk, Va. Steamer U.S.S. Fort Donelson (former Confederate blockade runner Robert E. Lee) Photographs of the Federal Navy, and seaborne expeditions against the Atlantic Coast of the Confederacy -- the Federal Navy, 1861-1865. CREATED/PUBLISHED: 1864 December. REPRODUCTION NUMBER: LC-B8171-7416 Unknown location. Powder monkey by gun of U.S.S. New Hampshire off Charleston, S.C. Photographs of the Federal Navy, and seaborne expeditions against the Atlantic Coast of the Confederacy -- the Federal Navy, 1861-1865. CREATED/PUBLISHED: Between 1860 and 1865 REPRODUCTION NUMBER: LC-B8171-4016 James River, Va. Monitor U.S.S. Onondaga; soldiers in rowboat in foreground Photographs of the Federal Navy, and seaborne expeditions against the Atlantic Coast of the Confederacy -- the Federal Navy, 1861-1865. CREATED/PUBLISHED: 1864. REPRODUCTION NUMBER: LC-B8171-2321 James River, Va. Sailors relaxing on deck of U.S.S. Monitor Photographs of the Federal Navy, and seaborne expeditions against the Atlantic Coast of the Confederacy -- the Federal Navy, 1861-1865. CREATED/PUBLISHED: 1862 July 9. REPRODUCTION NUMBER: LC-B8171-0490 James River, Va. Deck and turret of U.S.S. Monitor Photographs of the Federal Navy, and seaborne expeditions against the Atlantic Coast of the Confederacy -- the Federal Navy, 1861-1865. CREATED/PUBLISHED: 1862 July 9. REPRODUCTION NUMBER: LC-B8171-0659 Double turreted monitor Onondaga, James River, Virginia CREATED/PUBLISHED: between 1861 and 1865 REPRODUCTION NUMBER: LC-USZ62-102118 Hampton Roads, Va. School ship U.S.S. Sabine Photographs of the Federal Navy, and seaborne expeditions against the Atlantic Coast of the Confederacy -- the Federal Navy, 1861-1865. CREATED/PUBLISHED: 1864 December. REPRODUCTION NUMBER: LC-B8171-7415 U.S. iron clad gunboat Essex CREATED/PUBLISHED: 1863 March. REPRODUCTION NUMBER:LC-USZ62-117669 James River, Va. Deck of iron-clad gunboat Galena, showing stack damaged by fire from Fort Darling, May 15, 1862 Photographs of the Federal Navy, and seaborne expeditions against the Atlantic Coast of the Confederacy -- the Federal Navy, 1861-1865. CREATED/PUBLISHED: 1862 June. REPRODUCTION NUMBER: LC-B8171-0652 Washington, D.C. Ex-Confederate iron-clad ram Stonewall at anchor; U.S. Capitol in the background Photographs of the Federal Navy, and seaborne expeditions against the Atlantic Coast of the Confederacy -- the Federal Navy, 1861-1865. CREATED/PUBLISHED: 1865 June. REPRODUCTION NUMBER: LC-B8171-7912 Drewry's Bluff, Va. Federal transports with cargoes of artillery on the James Photographs of the Federal Navy, and seaborne expeditions against the Atlantic Coast of the Confederacy -- the Federal Navy, 1861-1865. CREATED/PUBLISHED: 1865 April. REPRODUCTION NUMBER: LC-B8171-1133 James River, Va. Sailors on deck of U.S.S. Monitor; cookstove at left Photographs of the Federal Navy, and seaborne expeditions against the Atlantic Coast of the Confederacy -- the Federal Navy, 1861-1865. CREATED/PUBLISHED: 1862 July 9. REPRODUCTION NUMBER: LC-B8171-0660 James River, Va. Schooners sunk to obstruct passage Photograph from the main eastern theater of war, the Army of the James, June 1864-April 1865. CREATED/PUBLISHED: 1865. REPRODUCTION NUMBER: LC-B8171-2475 James River, Va. Butler's dredge-boat, sunk by a Confederate shell on Thanksgiving Day, 1864 Photograph from the main eastern theater of war, the Army of the James, June 1864-April 1865. CREATED/PUBLISHED: Between 1860 and 1865 REPRODUCTION NUMBER: LC-B8171-2550 Copyright 2002 WETA. All rights reserved.