USS Minnesota (1855)
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USS Minnesota was a wooden steam frigate in the United States Navy. Launched in 1855 and commissioned eighteen months later, the ship served in east Asia for two years before being decommissioned. She was recommissioned at the outbreak of the American Civil War and returned to service as the flagship of the North Atlantic Blockading Squadron.
Minnesota at Hampton-Roads in 1862
A cast brass bell from the U.S.S. Minnesota is engraved "MINNESOTA / U.S.W.N.Y. 1856" Image from the collection of the Minnesota Historical Society
Minnesota (center) and other Union warships bombard Confederate forts at Hatteras Inlet
A 9-inch gun from the Minnesota on display in New Hope, Pennsylvania
Battle of Hampton Roads
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The Battle of Hampton Roads, also referred to as the Battle of the Monitor and Merrimack or the Battle of Ironclads, was a naval battle during the American Civil War.
Battle of Hampton Roads by Kurz and Allison
CSS Virginia (ex-USS Merrimack)
USS Monitor
Virginia drives Congress away from her anchorage