175 Years of Collecting: A Virginia History Quiz

 

Q: What were the names of the two ironclad ships that fought to a draw in Hampton Roads, Virginia, on March 9, 1862?

A: The Monitor (Union) and the Virginia (Confederate). The Virginia had been named the Merrimac when it was a Union vessel, before capture and conversion to an ironclad by the Confederacy.

Right: 1874 painting by James Hamilton
(Virginia Historical Society)

The Monitor and the Virginia