Civil War Podcast, Episode 105

CLASH OF THE IRONCLADS (Part the First)

Stephen Russell Mallory (1813-1873)
Stephen Russell Mallory (1813-1873)

In which we start to tell the story of the world’s first battle between two ironclad warships, the U.S.S. Monitor & the C.S.S. Virginia, which took place on March 9, 1862.

Our book recommendation for this episode is “The Confederate Navy: The Ships, Men and Organization, 1861-1865” edited by William N. Still, Jr.

Conf Navy Book

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