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140. Die Panzerschiffe Merrimac und Monitor und das Seegefecht in den Hampton Roads am 8 und 9 März, 1862. Darmstadt, Germany: Gustav Georg Lange, 1862. 12pp.
141. Parker, William Harwar. "The James River Squadron-Evacuation of the Norfolk Navy Yard by the Federals-Construction of the Merrimac-Officers of the Merrimac-The Patrick Henry, Jamestown, Teaser, Beaufort and Raleigh." In Vol. 12 of Confederate Military History, edited by Clement Anselm Evans, 28-54. New York: Thomas Yoseloff, 1962. This book was originally published by the Confederate Publishing Company of Atlanta. Clement A. Evans was the general editor. Chapter four is the relevant section on the Battle of Hampton Roads. Parker was the commander of the Beaufort and a shipmate of H. Ashton Ramsay while both men were in the USN.
142. Parker, William Harwar. Chapters 22-25 in Recollections of a Naval Officer, 1841- 1865, 246-85. New York: Scribner, 1883. E596.P2 Parker provides four short chapters on the Battle of Hampton Roads.
143. Parramore, Thomas C. with Peter C. Stewart and Tommy L. Bogger. "The Cheesebox and the Turtle." In Norfolk: The First Four Centuries, 193-208. Charlottesville: University Press of Virginia, 1994. F234.N8P37 1994 Chapter 14 is a concise overview of the Confederate occupation of Norfolk, Virginia, and the Battle of Hampton Roads. There are, however, some errors and omissions.
144. Patriotic League of the Revolution. "Memorial to the Fifty-Seventh Congress of the United States for the Recognition of the Services Rendered by Theodore R. Timby, the Inventor of the Revolving Turret as Used on the Monitor and all Battleships from the Civil War to the Present Time." Brooklyn: Eagle Press, 1902. 28pp.
145. Patten, Tom. Tribute to the Cumberland. n.p., 1976. 13pp. E495.C9P38 1978 "This publication is a chapter-extract of a projected book, which will contain the biography of Commander George U. Morris, U.S.N. 1830-1875." Patten provides information on the Cumberland and the complement that served in her during the Battle of Hampton Roads. There is one illustration of Morris.
146. Patterson, H. K. W. War Memories of Fort Monroe and Vicinity. Containing an Account of the memorable Battle Between the Merrimac and Monitor, the Incarceration of Jefferson Davis, and Other Topics. Fort Monroe, VA: Pool and Deuschle, 1885. 102pp.
147. Partriotic League of the Revolution. Memorial of the Patriotic League of the Revolution to the Fifty-Seventh Congress of the United States for the Recognition of Services Rendered by Theodore R. Timby: The Inventor of the Revolving Turret, as Used on the Monitor and all Battle-Ships from the Civil War to the Present Time: and Also the Inventor of Sighting and Firing Heavy Guns with Electricity as Used in War-Ships Throughout the World. Brooklyn, NY: Eagle Press, 1902. 28pp. and 3 plates.
148. Perspectives on the Civil War: Readings of Letters and other Materials related to the USS Monitor and the CSS Virginia. Newport News, VA: The Mariners' Museum and Monitor National Marine Sanctuary. 1993. 45pp. E591.P47 1993 This booklet contains letters and reports from John Ericsson, J. R. Eggleston, Alban Stimers, Gideon Welles, S. D. Greene, John Worden, Robert D. Minor, Richard Curtis, J. B. Cunningham, Albert B. Campbell, Isac Newton, William Keeler, J. P. Bankhead, Francis H. Butts, and Greenville M. Weeks. Among the topics and individuals mentioned are G. V. Fox, C. S. Bushnell, Joseph Smith, Horatio Allen, the Battle of Hampton Roads, and operations on the James River. There are also officer and crew lists for the Monitor and Virginia.
149. Porter, David Dixon. "Fight Between the 'Merrimac' and 'Monitor', March 8, 1862." In The Naval History of the Civil War, 119-33. London: Sampson Low & Co.; New York: Sherman Publishing Co., 1886. E591.P8 Porter, a Union naval officer, claims victory for the Monitor.
150. Porter, Holbrook Fitz John. The Delamater Iron Works- The Cradle of the Modern Navy. New York: Art Press, 1918. 44pp. VM301.D3P8 This is a detailed account of the growth of Ericsson as an engineer in New York, the story of how the USN selected Ericsson's design, and the inventor's relationship with the Delamater Iron Works, where the Monitor's engines were built. This booklet appears to be the same as Holbrook Fitz John Porter's "The Delamater Iron Works . . ."
151. Porter, John William H. "The First Iron-Clad, The Virginia" and "The Battle in Hampton Roads." In A Record of Events in Norfolk County Virginia, from April 19th, 1861, to May 10th, 1862, With A History of the Soldiers and Sailors of Norfolk County, Norfolk City and Portsmouth, who served in the Confederate States Army or Navy, 327-66. Portsmouth, VA: W.A. Fiske, 1892. F232.N8P8
The author was the son of John Luke Porter, the CSN naval constructor given credit in some accounts for the concept of the Virginia. This volume includes a chapter on the battle of Hampton Roads and biographical sketches of many of the Confederate participants.
152. Potter, E.B. The Naval Academy Illustrated History of the United States Navy. New York: Crowell Books, 1971. E182.P84 In Chapter five, "The Civil War," there is a description of the Battle of Hampton Roads, pages 77-83.
153. Pratt, Fletcher. The Monitor and the Merrimac. New York: Random House; Eau Clair, WI: E. M. Hale, 1951. 185pp. VA65.M7P73 1951 Juvenile literature with illustrations by John O'Hara Cosgrove.
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