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197. Warner, Oliver. "Hampton Roads, 1862." In Great Sea Battles, 219-29. New York: Macmillan Co., 1963. D27.W35 This is a well-written and wonderfully illustrated account of the Battle of Hampton Roads.
198. Watts, Gordon P., Jr. "Monitor of a New Iron Age: The Construction of the U.S.S. Monitor." Master's thesis, East Carolina University, 1975. 124 leaves. This is a solid overview of the construction of the Monitor. The seven chapters are titled: "The Technological Origins of the Monitor Concept"; "In Search of an Impregnable Floating Battery"; "Designing a Battery and Originating a System"; "A Stormy Beginning; Launching the "Yankee Notion'"; '"Ericsson's Folly": Monitor of a New Iron Age"; and "Conclusions." There is an adequate bibliography (pp. 118-124). The Thesis offers strong conclusions.
199. Weeks, Stephen Beauregard. See W. R. Henry's "The Loss of the Monitor" and Alexander Armstrong's "The Merrimac Fight."
200. Wegner, Dana M. "Alban C. Stimers and the Office of the General Inspector of Ironclads, 1862-1864." Master's thesis, State University of New York College at Oneonta, 1979. 88pp. Stimers was the chief engineer of the Monitor. The first four sections of this thesis provide an introduction, background data, and material related to the Monitor. There is a ten-page bibliography.
201. Weise, Arthur James. Troy's One Hundred Years, 1789-1889. Troy, New York: William H. Young, 1891. 453pp. F129.T8W5 In glowing phrases the author outlines the contributions of capitalists John A. Griswold and John E. Winslow for the financing and construction of the Monitor. The relevant portions include quotes from correspondence and mention many of the important but often overlooked players who made the ironclad a reality. The firms associated with Griswold and Winslow (Albany Iron Works and Rensselaer Iron Works) produced armor, bars of iron, and rivets for the Monitor. Mentioned are: A. Lincoln, J. Ericsson, Thomas F. Rowland, Cornelius S. Bushnell, Gideon Welles, Hiram Paulding, Joseph Smith, and Charles A. Davis. The relevant pages are 186-193, 262, and 265.
202. Welles, Gideon, ed. by Howard K. Beale. "Diary of Gideon Welles: Secretary of the Navy Under Lincoln and Johnson [1861-1869]." 3 Vols. New York: W. W. Norton, 1960 . E468.W44 Volume 1 (1861- March 30, 1864) contains the entries on the Monitor. An earlier edition of this work was published in 1911.
203. Welles, Gideon. "The First Iron-clad Monitor." In The Annals of the War Written by Leading Participants North and South: Originally Published in the Philadelphia Weekly Times, 17-31. Dayton, OH: Morningside House, Inc., 1988. Welles mentions the meetings with Lincoln, Ericsson, Bushnell, and naval officers such as Joseph Smith, Hiram Paulding, and Charles H. Davis. Also mentioned are Salmon P. Chase, Stanton, Steward, G. V. Fox, and John A. Griswold. This piece also discusses the role of "a negro woman" who brought him information on the construction of the Virginia (see #208 and #269) and the scheme of Cornelius Vanderbilt to sink ships as obstructions on the Potomac River and to ram the Virginia with the Vanderbilt, Baltic, and other merchant vessels. It was originally published in book form by the Times Publishing Company in 1878.
204. Wells, Thomas, comp. "The Navies." In Vol. 1 of Civil War Books: A Critical Bibliography, edited by Allan Nevins, et al., 217-39. Baton Rouge, LA: Louisiana State University Press, 1967. Z1242.N35 In this, one of the best critical bibliographies, the section on the navies was compiled by Thomas Wells. These volumes have been reprinted by Broadfoot Pub. Co., Wendell [now Wilmington], NC.
205. Wells, William S., comp. The Original United States Warship "Monitor". Copies of Correspondence Between the Late Cornelius S. Bushnell...Captain John Ericsson and Hon. Gideon Welles...Together with a Brief Sketch of Mr. Bushnell's. New Haven, CT: Cornelius S. Bushnell National Memorial Association, 1899. 50pp. E595.M7W4 A biographical sketch of the Secretary of the Navy giving Welles credit for encouraging the construction of the Monitor.
206. Wells, William S. The Story of the Monitor. New Haven, CT: Cornelius S. Bushnell National Memorial Association, 1899.
207. West, Richard S., Jr. "Monitor vs. Merrimack." In Gideon Welles: Lincoln's Navy Department, 143-59. Indianapolis: Bobbs-Merrill Co., 1943. E467.1.W4W5
208. West, Richard S., Jr. "The Merrimack Threat" and "The Monitor and the Merrimack." In Mr. Lincoln's Navy, 99-129. New York: Longmans, Green, 1957. E591.W44 Chapters mentioned above describe the Battle of Hampton Roads and important previous events surrounding the ironclad board, Gideon Welles, and the Lincoln administration.
209. Wheeler, Francis Brown. The First Monitor and Its Builders. Poughkeepsie, NY: Haight and Dudley, 1884. 12pp.
210. Wheeler, Francis Brown. John F. Winslow, LL.D. and the Monitor. Poughkeepsie, NY: F.B. Wheeler, 1893. 66pp. V860.W56 Wheeler offers a flattering portrait of Winslow by a friend who had a "long and intimate acquaintance" with Winslow. The author hoped to provide facts regarding the Monitor and the companies associated with her production. The obvious participants are mentioned: C. S. Bushnell, A. Lincoln, Joseph Smith, Hiram Paulding, Charles H. Davis, Gideon Welles, Charles D. DeLancy, Thomas F. Rowland, and John Ericsson. The author also takes time (pp. 54-66) to give Theodore R. Timby full credit for the turret and mentions the payment of royalties. There is correspondence between the author, Timby, Daniel Ammen, Rowland R. Hazard, and S. C. Pomeroy.
211. White, Ellsberry Valentine. The First Iron-Clad Naval Engagement in the World: History of the Facts of the Great Naval Battle Between The Merrimac-Virginia, C.S.N. and the Ericsson Monitor, U.S.N., Hampton Roads, March 8 and 9, 1862. Portsmouth, VA: E. V. White, 1906. 30pp. E473.2.W5 White, a Georgia soldier turned CSN engineer, settled in Portsmouth after the war and commissioned the printing of this handsome pamphlet. It contains the paintings of Richardson, among others; a frontispiece photo of the author; a roster of Virginia's officers; and the report on the battle by the French commander of the Gassendi. It was "Printed and arranged by Sherman & Bryan, One and Three Union Square, New York."
212. White, Ruth (Morris). Yankee from Sweden; The Dream and the Reality in the Days of John Ericsson. New York: Holt, 1960. 299pp. T40.E7W5
213. White, William Chapman and Ruth White. Tin Can on a Shingle. New York: Dutton, 1957. 176pp. E473.2.W58 Introduction by Henry Steele Commager.
214. Williams, Guy R. The World of Model Ships and Boats, 127-29. Secaucus, NJ: Chartwell Books, 1971. VM298.W48
215. Wilson, Herbert Wrigley. "The Monitor and the Merrimac." In Vol.1 of Ironclads in Action; A Sketch of Naval Warfare from 1855 to 1895 with Some Account of the Development of the Battleship in England, 1-36. London: Sampson Low, Marston and Company, 1896. D362.W74 An important, heavily illustrated text on the development of armored warships. Alfred Thayer Mahan wrote the introduction to the third edition. An American edition appeared in 1897, issued by Little, Brown of Boston.
216. Wise, John Sergeant. The End of An Era, 191-205. Boston: Houghton, Mifflin and Co.; New York: The Riverside Press, 1899, 1901. These memoirs of a Tidewater native and son of Gov. (later Gen.) Henry A. Wise, describe his observations of the battle of Hampton Roads (chapter 12) with a clever turn of phrase. He also remembers James Barron's plans for a Virginia-like warship.
217. Worden, John Lorimer, et al. The Monitor and the Merrimac; Both Sides of the Story, Told by Lieut. J. L. Worden, U.S.N., Lieut. Greene, U.S.N., of the Monitor and H. Ashton Ramsey, C.S.N., Chief Engineer of the Merrimac. New York: Harper & Brothers, 1912. 72pp. E473.2.W92 This combines Worden and Greene's official war-time reports with Confederate engineer Ramsey's reflections written in the twentieth century.
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