<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/American_Civil_War" id="mwkg" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="American Civil War">American Civil War</a>: <a about="#mwt90" data-mw='{"parts":[{"template":{"target":{"wt":"USS","href":"./Template:USS"},"params":{"1":{"wt":"Monitor"}},"i":0}}]}' href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/USS_Monitor" id="mwkw" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="USS Monitor" typeof="mw:Transclusion">USS<span typeof="mw:Entity"> </span><i>Monitor</i></a> and <a about="#mwt91" data-mw='{"parts":[{"template":{"target":{"wt":"Ship","href":"./Template:Ship"},"params":{"1":{"wt":"CSS"},"2":{"wt":"Virginia"}},"i":0}}]}' href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/CSS_Virginia" id="mwlA" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="CSS Virginia" typeof="mw:Transclusion">CSS<span typeof="mw:Entity"> </span><i>Virginia</i></a> (rebuilt from the engines and lower hull of the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/USS_Merrimack_(1855)" id="mwlQ" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="USS Merrimack (1855)">USS <i id="mwlg">Merrimack</i></a>) fight to a draw in the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Hampton_Roads" id="mwlw" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Battle of Hampton Roads">Battle of Hampton Roads</a>, the first battle between two <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ironclad_warship" id="mwmA" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Ironclad warship">ironclad warships</a>.<sup about="#mwt95" class="mw-ref reference" data-mw='{"name":"ref","attrs":{},"body":{"id":"mw-reference-text-cite_note-17"}}' id="cite_ref-17" rel="dc:references" typeof="mw:Extension/ref"><a href="./March_9#cite_note-17" id="mwmQ" style="counter-reset: mw-Ref 17;"><span class="mw-reflink-text" id="mwmg">[17]</span></a></sup>
<span class="mw-reference-text" id="mw-reference-text-cite_note-17"><cite about="#mwt92" class="citation web cs1" id="mwB8o"><a class="external text" href="https://www.britannica.com/event/Battle-of-the-Monitor-and-Merrimack" id="mwB8s" rel="mw:ExtLink nofollow">"Battle of the Monitor and Merrimack | Summary &amp; Facts"</a>. <i id="mwB8w">Encyclopedia Britannica</i>. <a class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20200415095152/https://www.britannica.com/event/Battle-of-the-Monitor-and-Merrimack" id="mwB80" rel="mw:ExtLink nofollow">Archived</a> from the original on 15 April 2020<span class="reference-accessdate" id="mwB84">. Retrieved <span class="nowrap" id="mwB88">24 January</span> 2020</span>.</cite><span about="#mwt92" class="Z3988" id="mwB9A" title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&amp;rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&amp;rft.genre=unknown&amp;rft.jtitle=Encyclopedia+Britannica&amp;rft.atitle=Battle+of+the+Monitor+and+Merrimack+%7C+Summary+%26+Facts&amp;rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.britannica.com%2Fevent%2FBattle-of-the-Monitor-and-Merrimack&amp;rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AMarch+9"></span></span>