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1202. U.S. Congress. See also Congressional Globe (CG).
1203. U.S. Congress. An Act to Provide for the Construction of One or More Armored Ships and Floating Batteries, and for Other Purposes. In Statutes at Large, Treaties, and Proclamations of the United States of America. 37th Congress, 1st Session, 1861, approved 3 August 1861, 12, Chapter 38, 286 pp.
This act allowed the Secretary of the Navy to explore the possibility of the construction "of iron or steel-clad steamships or steam-batteries." The Monitor and other ironclads resulted from this legislation.
1204. U.S. Congress. Joint Resolution to Compensate the Crew of the United States Steamer 'Monitor' for Clothing and other Property Lost in the Public Service. In Statutes at Large, Treaties, and Proclamations of the United States of America. 37th Congress, 3d Session, 1863, approved 3 March 1863, 12, Res. No. 36: 830. Each crew member was to get "the amount of sixty dollars, to cover their losses of bedding, clothing, and other property, occasioned by the sinking of the said steamer."
1205. U.S. Congress. House. John Ericsson. 37th Congress, 2nd Session, No. 90, 28 March 1862. Washington, DC: John C. Rives. Pp. 1431-32. The Representatives debate the resolution for public acknowledgment of John Ericsson "for the enterprise, skill, energy, and forecast displayed by him in the construction of his iron-clad boat the Monitor."
1206. U.S. Congress. House. Committee on Naval Affairs. Relief of the Officers and Crew of the United States Steamer Monitor who Participated in the Action with the Rebel Iron-clad Merrimac, on the 9th day of March, 1862. 48th Congress, 1st Session, H. Rept. 144, 1883-1884, 8 pp.
1207. U.S. Congress. House. Committee on Naval Affairs. Relief of the Officers and Crew of the United States Steamer Monitor, who Participated in the Action with the Rebel Iron-clad Merrimac, on the 9th day of March, 1862. 48th Congress, 1st Session, H. Rept. 335, 1883-84, [23] pp.
1208. U.S. Congress. House. Committee on Naval Affairs. Relief of the Officers and Crew of the United States Steamer Monitor who Participated in the Action with the Rebel Iron-clad Merrimac, on the 9th day of March, 1862. 48th Congress, 1st Session, H. Rept. 1725, 1883-1884, 19 pp. The officers and crew requested "payment to them, by the United States, of the actual value of the iron-clad Merrimac and her armament at the date of the said action." After examining the facts the committee concluded "the only serious damage sustained by the Merrimac was inflicted by the Cumberland [and] she was destroyed by her officers and crew to prevent her falling into the hands of the Union forces."A number of individuals are quoted, including G. Welles, Catesby ap R. Jones, Franklin Buchanan, William H. Hunt, James Byers, G.V. Fox, H.B Littlepage, James Russell Soley, and John Wool.
1209. U.S. Congress. House. Committee on Naval Affairs. Medals for the Officers and Men of Cumberland, Congress, and Monitor. 58th Congress, 2d Session, HN-1.21, 1903-1904. A naval decoration is offered to the officers and men of the Cumberland, Congress, and Monitor for their engagement with the Virginia.
1210. U.S. Congress. House. Committee on Resources. Subcommittee on Fisheries Conservation, Wildlife, and Oceans. Hearing on the USS Monitor National Marine Sanctuary Hearing Before the Subcommittee on Fisheries, Conservation, Wildlife, and Oceans of the Committee on Resources, House of Representatives, One Hundred Fifth Congress, First Session, November 6, 1997, Washington, DC. Washington, DC: GPO, 1998. 18pp.
1211. U.S. Congress. House. Committee on the Library. Amending the Virginia
Merrimac-Monitor Commission. 77th Congress, 1st Session, H. Rept. 946, 1942, 3 pp. On July 14, 1941, the report (to accompany House Concurrent Resolution 38) had been referred to the House calendar and ordered to be printed. Perhaps because of the impending war, no structure honoring the Battle of Hampton Roads was built in southeastern Virginia.
1212. U.S. Congress. House. Committee on the Library. For the Erection of a Monument to the Memory of John Ericsson. 59th Congress, 2d Session, H. Rept. 8172, 1907, 1 p. "Under consideration [of] bill (H.R. 20337)," the committee noted that Ericsson "invented the Monitor," and those words alone were "sufficient to warrant the action contemplated by this bill."
1213. U.S. Congress. House. Committee on the Library. Resolution (H. Con. 32) establishing a commission to be known as the Virginia (Merrimac)-Monitor Commission. 76th Congress, 1st Session, H. Rept. 1168, 1939, 7 pp. The purpose of the resolution "is to secure congressional consideration of the feasibility, practicality, and desirability of creating in Hampton Roads, Va., on or near the shores thereof, at a site to be selected by the commission, a suitable memorial in commemoration of the battles in Hampton Roads, Va." To support their claim that the "engagements constituted the most important event in naval architecture," the commission quotes James P. Baxter, Sumner B. Besse, and Edgar S. Maclay.
1214. U.S. Congress. House. Virginia (Merrimac)-Monitor Commission. Report of the Virginia Merrimac-Monitor Commission. 76th Congress, 3d Session, H. Rept. 1939, 1941, 4 pp. This report amends House Concurrent Resolutions 32 and 52. The changes extend the life of the commission.
1215. U.S. Congress. Senate. Committee on Naval Affairs. Relief of the Officers and Crew of the United States Steamer Monitor who Participated in the Action with the Rebel Iron-clad Merrimac, on the 9th day of March, 1862. 47th Congress, 1st Session, S. Rept. 394, 1882, 8 pp. "The committee unanimously agree to report this bill favorably to the Senate, and earnestly recommend its passage." The committee cited past "precedents for such" and quoted John L. Worden, James Byers, and William H. Hunt.
1216. U.S. Congress. Senate. Committee on Naval Affairs. Relief of the Officers and Crew of the United States Steamer Monitor who Participated in the Action with the Rebel Iron-clad Merrimac, on the 9th day of March, 1862. 48th Congress, 1st Session, S. Rept. 153, 1884, 7 pp. The committee recommended "a grant in the nature of prize-money for damages done the Merrimac." The committee cited past "precedents for such action" and quoted John L. Worden, James Byers, and William H. Hunt.
1217. U.S. Congress. Senate. Committee on the Conduct of the War. Testimony: Monitor and Merrimack. 37th Congress, 3d Session, 1863. S. Rept. 108, 657 pp.
G.V. Fox provides testimony (pp. 415-421) about the Battle of Hampton Roads.
1218. U.S. Congress. Senate. Merrimack. 37th Congress, 3rd Session, S.R.P. 108, 1861, 37-3, 7 pp.
1219. U.S. Congress. Senate. Virginia (Merrimac)-Monitor Commission. Report of the Virginia Merrimac-Monitor Commission. 76th Congress, 3d Session, S. Doc.179, 1941, 3 pp. The report updates the action of the commission and requests changes in Concurrent Resolution No. 32.
1220. U.S. Congress. Virginia (Merrimac)-Monitor Commission. Preliminary Report on the Virginia Merrimac-Monitor Commission: Relative to the Erection of a Memorial in Commemoration of the Battles of the Merrimac and the Monitor and Several Other Vessels, at Hampton Roads, Va., on March 8 and 9, 1862, Submitted pursuant to H. Con. Res. 32, Seventy Sixth Congress. Washington, DC: GPO, 1940.
1221. U.S. Naval Academy. See also Project Cheesebox.
1222. U.S. Naval War Records Office. See Official Records of the Union and Confederate Navies in the War of the Rebellion.
1223. U.S. Navy Department. Letter of the Secretary of the Navy, Communicating in Compliance with a Resolution of the Senate of the 24th instant, Information in Relation to the Construction of the Iron-clad Monitor. 40th Congress, 2d Session, S. ExDoc. 86, 40-42, 1868, 10 pp. The Secretary compiled a document that included construction, proposal, contract, and history of payment for the ironclad. The documentation came from the Secretary of the Navy, acts of Congress, the ironclad board (Joseph Smith, Hiram Paulding, and C.H. Davis), the Monitor group (John Ericsson, John F. Winslow, C. S. Bushnell, and J. A. Griswold), and a letter from John Ericsson to James Gordon Bennett of the New York Herald.
1224. U.S. Navy Department. Report of the Secretary of the Navy in Relation to Armored Vessels. Washington, DC: GPO, 1864. Pp. 1-41, 571-79. This is a key source for primary reports but many of them can be found in the Official Records of the Union and Confederate Navies, Secretary of the Navy reports, and acts of Congress. The last pages are the collective opinions of admirals L. M. Goldsborough and J .A. Dahlgren.
1225. U.S. President. Message from the President of the United States, Recommending a Vote of Thanks to Commander John L. Worden for Skill and Gallantry Exhibited in the Battle Between the Unites States Iron-clad Steamer Monitor and Rebel Steamer Merrimack. 37th Congress, 3d Session, H.Exdoc. 8, 1863: 1 p. The message notes that the resolution was approved July 11, 1862, but that Lincoln now recommends the promotion of one grade for Worden.
1226. U.S.S. Monitor National Marine Sanctuary: A Management Plan. Washington, DC: NOAA, Office of Ocean and Coastal Resource Management: Raleigh, NC: North Carolina Department of Cultural Resources, 1983. 44pp.
1227. U.S.S. Monitor National Marine Sanctuary Historical Report Series. See Berent, Irwin M.
1228. U.S.S. Monitor Technical Report Series. See D'Angelo, Schoenewaldt, Associates; Hill, Dina B., ed.; Tucker, Rockwell G., comp.
1229. United States. House of Representatives. See U.S. House.
1230. United States. Senate. See U.S. Senate.
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