Why the Civil War battle between the Monitor and the Merrimack was so epic

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Why the Civil War battle between the Monitor and the Merrimack was so epic

On March 8, 1862, a large, slow-moving and unwieldy Confederate ship steamed toward the blockading Union vessels posted at Hampton Roads, outside of Virginia’s James River. The rebels made a beeline for the sloops USS Cumberland and USS Congress. As the rebel vessel approached, the Cumberland fired into it, but the cannon fire bounced harmlessly off the rebel ship’s ironclad hull.  It was the Confederate ironclad CSS Virginia, and before the day…