    
Title: Hampton Roads, Virginia, March 8, 1862 Description: The 50-gun Federal warship USS Cumberland being rammed by the powerful ironclad CSS Virginia (Merrimac); the gaping hole in the Cumberland's side caused the ship to sink quickly, but damage to the Virginia was extensive; it lost its ram, two guns and suffered internal damage and it was later concluded that, ironically, Cumberland inflicted more damage on the Rebel warship than did the USS Monitor in the following day's action between those two ironclads; (Artist: Charles Sidney Raleigh); Location: Hampton Roads, Virginia Date: March 8, 1862 Category: American Civil War Topic: Artwork Keywords: American Civil War, Confederate warships, ironclads, Monitor and Merrimac, 1862, naval battles, Union warships Orientation: Landscape Dimensions: 1800 x 1024 (1.84 MPixels) (1.76) Print Size: 15.2 x 8.7 cm; 6.0 x 3.4 inches File Size: 5.44 MB (5,699,426 Bytes) Resolution: 300 x 300 dpi Color Depth: 16.7 million (24 BitsPerPixel) Compression: None Image Number: 0000006837c Source: Jay Robert Nash Collection |
