Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. Contents vii
3. Acknowledgments ix
4. PREFACE xiii
5. INTRODUCTION xvii
6. 1. The Battle of Hampton Roads 1
7. 2. Building the Ironclads 19
8. 3. Iron Horse, Iron Coffin: Life Aboard the USS Monitor 37
9. 4. Sink Before Surrender: The Story of the CSS Virginia 57
10. 5. Believe Only Half of What You Read about the Battle of Hampton Roads 85
11. 6. Victory without Glory? The Battle of Hampton Roads in Art 111
12. 7. "This Country Now Occupies the Vantage Ground": Union Monitors vs. the British Navy 125
13. 8. Who Won the Battle of Hampton Roads? A Historians' Debate 141
14. 9. Discovery and Recovery- The Modern History of the USS Monitor: A Personal Memoir 155
15. PORTFOLIO: Highlights from the Monitor Center Collection 171
16. AFTERWORD: About The Mariners' Museum: The Collections 189
17. NOTES 193
18. CONTRIBUTORS 211
19. INDEX 215