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11. Barnes, James. "The Birth of the Ironclads" and "The Most Famous American Naval Battle." In Vol. 6 of The Photographic History of the Civil War: Thousands of Scenes Photographed 1861-65, with Text by Many Special Authorities, edited by Francis Trevelyan Miller, 129-82. New York: Review of Reviews, 1911. E469.7.M6
12. Barthell, Edward E., comp. The Mystery of the Merrimac. Muskegon, MI: Dana Printing Co., 1959. 54pp. E475.2.B31
13. Baxter, James Phinney. The Introduction of the Ironclad Warship. MA: Harvard University Press, 1933. 398pp. V799.B3 Cambridge, a source that has kept its research value over the decades, this history has bibliographical footnotes. It was reprinted in 1968 by Archon Books of Hamden, CT.
14. Baxter, James Phinney. "The Ironclad Warship to 1862." Ph.D. diss., Harvard University, 1926.
15. Bennett, Frank Marion. The Monitor and the Navy Under Steam. Boston: Houghton Mifflin and Co., 1900. 369pp. VA55.B45 The volume contains illustrations and maps.
16. Besse, Sumner Bradford. C.S. Ironclad Virginia and U.S. Ironclad Monitor: With data and references for scale models. Newport News, VA: The Mariners' Museum, 1996. 51pp. VA65.M5B4 1996 A combined, corrected reprint of The Mariners' Museum publications numbers two and four. They were first published separately in 1936 and 1937. The contents include dimensions, contemporary illustrations, details on major components, separate foldout plans, a list of references, and an index. Alan Frazer and George Matson revised and redrew Besse's drawings. The first printing of this combined reprint appeared in 1978.
17. Besse, Sumner Bradford. U.S. Ironclad Monitor: with data references for a scale model. Newport News, VA: The Mariners' Museum, 1936. 24pp. VM6.M33 no.2 Includes one fold-out drawing.
18. Blair, Clay. Diving for Pleasure and Treasure. Cleveland: World Publishing Co., 1960. 348pp. G530.B56 Blair was part of Life magazine's efforts to substantiate the claims of Robert F. Marx and other Marines to their discovery of the Monitor. In July 1955 Marx claimed to have found the ironclad after much detective work and help from the author, fellow Marines, and local Hatteras historian Ben Dixon MacNeill. The wreck rested northeast of the lighthouse. Marx reported one could "see the gun turret and the little pilothouse sticking up on the bow" (p.35) in about 40 feet of water. Despite his alleged fix on the position, Marx was unable to locate the Monitor on subsequent dives. Marx managed to involve the press, receive assistance from the USCG and U.S. Coast and Geodetic Survey, and clash with the Monitor Historical Society. Pages 19-63 are on the Monitor in a chapter titled "The Elusive Monitor." Walter Bennett is credited as the photographer.
19. Boynton, Charles Brandon. A History of the Navy During the Rebellion, 172-84 and 358-76. New York: Appleton, 1867. E591.B7 The author was a chaplain and assistant professor at the USNA. There are two chapters on the Monitor and another on the Battle of Hampton Roads.
20. Bradley, Chester D. "Abraham Lincoln's Campaign Against the Merrimack." Tales of Old Fort Monroe, no. 9. Fort Monroe, VA: Casemate Museum [May 1965]. 4 pp. In May 1862, President Lincoln, Secretary of the Treasury Salmon P. Chase, and Secretary of War Edwin M. Stanton traveled to Fort Monroe to play an active role in the taking of Norfolk. The party visited the Monitor and saw the ironclad and other warships shell Sewell's Point while troops landed at Ocean View. There is a helpful selection of illustrations, and a location map.
21. Bradley, Chester D. Four Important Historical Questions for Newport News. Hampton, VA: C.D. Bradley, 1979. 28pp. E473.2.B7 Bradley produced an illustrated history of the Battle of Hampton Roads.
22. Brock, Robert A. Miscellaneous papers, 1672-1865: Now First Printed From the Manuscript in the Collection of the Virginia Historical Society: Comprising, Charter of the Royal African Company, 1672; Report on the Huguenot Settlement, 1700; Papers of George Gilmer of "Pen Park", 1775-1778; Orderly book of Captain George Stubblefield, 1775; Career of the Iron-Clad Virginia, 1862; Memorial of Johnson's Island, 1862-4; Beale's Cav. Brigade Parole, 1865, Richmond, VA: The Society, 1887. 374pp.
23. Brooke, John Mercer. The Virginia, or Merrimack; her Real Projector: A Statement of the Facts Connected with Her Conversion to an Ironclad. Richmond, VA: W. E. Jones, Books and Job Printer, 1891. 34pp. E473.2.B8 Brooke wrote this booklet in response to John Luke Porter's articles. The piece also appeared in the Southern Historical Society Papers (January 1891): 3-34.
24. Brophy, Ann, John Ericsson and the Inventors of the War. Englewood Cliffs, NJ: Silver Burdett Press, 1991. Juvenile literature with an index and brief bibliography and introductory essay by Henry Steele Commager.
25. Brown, Alexander Crosby, comp. Miscellaneous Clippings Pertaining to the Monitor and Merrimack and Memorials to them in Newport News, Reviews of Books on the Subject, and Discovery of the Monitor off the Coast of North Carolina, 1947-1975. Newport News, VA: [photocopied], 1975. 127pp. E473.2.B78 A single-volume collection of clippings that contains illustrations, portraits, and maps. This unique compilation is in the collection of The Library at The Mariners' Museum, Newport News, VA.
26. Burnett, Constance Buel. Captain John Ericsson: Father of the Monitor. New York: Vanguard Press, 1960. 255pp. Juvenile literature.
27. Bushnell, Samuel Clarke. The Story of the Monitor and the Merrimack. New Haven, CT: privately published, [1924?]. 12pp. A New Haven minister presents his story of the battle, with many biblical references. This pamphlet is of limited value. Reverend Bushnell's father, C. S. Bushnell, facilitated the construction of the Monitor.
28. Butts, Francis Banister. The Monitor and the Merrimac: Personal Narratives of Events in the War of the Rebellion, Being Papers Read Before the Rhode Island Soldiers and Sailors Historical Society. Providence: N. B. Williams, 1890. 51pp. This is part of a series of personal narratives of events read before the Rhode Island Soldiers and Sailors Historical Society (4th series, no. 6). It includes a list of officers and men of the Monitor. Butts was the paymaster's clerk. His commentary seems questionable at times.
29. Butts, Francis Banister. My First Cruise at Sea and the Loss of the Ironclad Monitor. Providence: S.S. Rider, 1878. 23pp. E467.R47 This is very similar to Francis Butts's narrative "The Monitor and the Merrimac . . ."
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