Hampton Roads 1862: Clash of the Ironclads

by Angus Konstam

Book Overview

This Osprey title examnies the first naval conflict of the American Civil War (1861-1865). On 9 March 1862 the world's first battle between two ironclad warships took place in the confined waters of Hampton Roads, Virginia. The previous day the Confederate ironclad CSS Virginia, impervious to her enemy's guns, had sunk two Union warships. When she re-emerged from Norfolk to complete the destruction of the Union blockading squadron the USS Monitor...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1841764108
• ISBN13: 9781841764108
• Release Date: April 2002
• Publisher: Osprey Publishing (UK)
• Length: 96 Pages
• Weight: 0.73 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.4" x 7.3" x 9.8"