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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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
U.S. iron clad gunboat Essex
CREATED/PUBLISHED: 1863 March.
REPRODUCTION NUMBER:LC-USZ62-117669

James River, Va. Deck of iron-clad gunboat Galena
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
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
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
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
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
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

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