. The photographic history of the Civil War : thousands of scenes photographed 1861-65, with text by many special authorities . tyjic of perfected monitor most favored by Ericsson. Only a few months after the duel of theMonitor and the Merrimac in Hampton Roads, no less than thirty-five ironclads of the monitor typewere being constructed for the Federal navy. The old Continental Iron Works in New York, that hadhuilt the original monitor, were busy turning out six vessels of the Passaic class, while others were beingrushed up by shii)builders in the East, and on the Ohio and the Mississippi. Er
. The photographic history of the Civil War : thousands of scenes photographed 1861-65, with text by many special authorities . tyjic of perfected monitor most favored by Ericsson. Only a few months after the duel of theMonitor and the Merrimac in Hampton Roads, no less than thirty-five ironclads of the monitor typewere being constructed for the Federal navy. The old Continental Iron Works in New York, that hadhuilt the original monitor, were busy turning out six vessels of the Passaic class, while others were beingrushed up by shii)builders in the East, and on the Ohio and the Mississippi. Ericsson was alreadyat work upon the huge Dictator and Puritan, each nearly five times as large as the first were destined not to be completed till after the close of the war. But the navy-yards at New York,Philadelphia, and Boston were at work upon the four double-turreted monitors of the Miantonomohclass. Not satisfied with all this activity, the Navy Department, in September, 1862, let the contractsfor nine more monitors similar to the Passaic class, but slightly larger. Among these was the Saugus; [ 130 ].
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