The USS Monitor and the USS Merrimac were both vessels in the US Navy. They did not fight. The Merrimac was sunk at the beginning of the war. The Confederate Navy took the remains of the Merrimac and used it to create the Ironclad CSS Virginia. The USS Monitor and the CSS Virginia fought a battle near Hampton Roads Virginia.
The Merrimac,
March 9 1862
The Merrimac(the south's ship) and the Monitor(the North's ship)
The USS Monitor and the USS Merrimac were both vessels in the US Navy. They did not fight. The Merrimac was sunk at the beginning of the war. The Confederate Navy took the remains of the Merrimac and used it to create the Ironclad CSS Virginia. The USS Monitor and the CSS Virginia fought a battle near Hampton Roads Virginia.
The fight between the USS Monitor and the CSS Virginia (which you have called the Merrimac) was a draw (a tie).
The USS Monitor and the USS Merrimac were both vessels in the US Navy. They did not fight. The Merrimac was sunk at the beginning of the war. The Confederate Navy took the remains of the Merrimac and used it to create the Ironclad CSS Virginia. The USS Monitor and the CSS Virginia fought a battle near Hampton Roads Virginia.
Monitor-Merrimac Memorial Bridge-Tunnel was created in 1992.
The address of the Monitor Merrimac Memorial is: 218 Florida Ave, Portsmouth, VA 23707-1617
The battle of Monitor vs. Merrimack (renamed the CSS Virginia) was fought on the 8th and 9th of March in the year 1862 in Hampton Roads, Virginia The Monitor did not arrive in time for the first day of the battle.
The Merrimac,
Lincoln won
monitor and merrimac were in a draw
It was a draw.
Catesby Jones
March 8-9, 1860
1862