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Show Old Ironclad The Monitor, John Erlccson'i ironclad ship which vanquished the Merrlmac in one of the most celebrated cele-brated naval engagements in American history, probably would never have been built had It not been for Lincoln. At a meeting of government officials held to discuss dis-cuss Erlccson's design, Lincoln remarked, re-marked, "All I have to say is what the girl said when she stuck her toot into the stocking. It strikes me there's something in it." With the President's stamp of approval on the project, the group resolved to undertake at once the construction of three Ironclad (hips. |