U.S.S. Mahopac

A heavily armored Monitor which

joined the attack on Charleston

in 1864 during the Civil War. In

1865 in the Battle for Fort Fisher

it took 8 hits, no serious damage.

Marker is at the intersection of South Lake Blvd (U.S. 6) and Sycamore Road, on the left when traveling east on South Lake Blvd.

Courtesy hmdb.org

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