first, author and naval academy history professor, craig simons talks about the war along the atlantic coast. then david ahlberg of the national marine sanctuary talks about the recovery and identification of human remauin from the u.s.s. monitor in 1862, this is about 90 minutes. >> well, it is my great pleasure to introduce our opening session here for the battle of hampton roads weekend, 150th edition. greg simons, from the united states naval academy, he taught u.s. history and civil war history for 30 years. he thought he was retired. then he went back. and he is teaching there again. and he is a native of anaheim, california. earned his b.a. at ucla, masters and ph.d.s from the university of florida where he studied under the late john kay mann. in 1970s he was in the navy, navy officer and first ensign ever to look chur at the naval war college in new port, rode aisleland. after his naval service he remained at the war college as a civilian professor of strategy from '74 to '75. an award winning author of 12 books, maybe by more, by now, but who is counting right. editor of seve