Battle of the Monitor and Merrimack

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Type	Description	Contributor	Date
	Anniversary information added.		Mar 02, 2024
	Media added.	Michael Ray	May 18, 2020
	Corrected display issue.	Adam Augustyn	Jan 19, 2018
	Modified link of Web site: h2g2 - The Monitor and the Merrimack.	Emily Rodriguez	Apr 25, 2017
	Add new Web site: United States History - Battle Between the Monitor and the Merrimac.	Aakanksha Gaur	Jul 17, 2014
	Add new Web site: The Civil War - Battle of the Monitor and Merrimac.	Aakanksha Gaur	Jul 17, 2014
	Add new Web site: Social Studies for Kids - The Monitor and the Merrimack.	Surabhi Sinha	Dec 23, 2013
	Added information about the the warships' standoff on April 11, 1862.	Amy Tikkanen Megan Bootz	Oct 29, 2012
	Deleted photograph of the Monitor; the ship is actually the USS Lehigh.	Amy Tikkanen	Oct 27, 2010
	Media revised.	Amy Tikkanen	Mar 28, 2008
	Added new Web site: h2g2 - The Monitor and the Merrimack.	Shiveta Singh	Nov 13, 2007
	Added new Web site: Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute - Battle of the Monitor and Merrimack.	Shiveta Singh	Nov 12, 2007
	Added new Web site: Naval History and Heritage Command - Battle of the Monitor and Merrimack.	Shiveta Singh	Nov 12, 2007
	Article revised.	The Editors of Encyclopaedia Britannica	Sep 27, 2002
	Article revised.	The Editors of Encyclopaedia Britannica	Feb 16, 2001
	Article added to new online database.	The Editors of Encyclopaedia Britannica	May 27, 1999