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Title: Abraham Lincoln and the battles of the Civil War
Year: 1886 (1880s)
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Subjects: Lincoln, Abraham, 1809-1865 Generals Generals
Publisher: (New York, N.Y.) : (The Century Co.)
Contributing Library: Lincoln Financial Foundation Collection
Digitizing Sponsor: The Institute of Museum and Library Services through an Indiana State Library LSTA Grant

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M THE MONITOR IN BATTLE TRIM, WATCHING THE MERRIMAC. Ix March, 1862, I was in command of aConfederate brigade and of a district on thesouth side of the James River, embracing allthe river forts and batteries down to the mouthof Nansemond River. My pickets were postedall along the shore opposite Newport News.From my headquarters at Smithfield I was in constant and rapid communication throughrelavs of couriers and signal stations withmy department commander, Major-GeneralHuger, stationed at Norfolk. About I p. M. on the 8th of March, a cour-ier dashed up to my headquarters with thisbrief dispatch : The Virs^nia is coming up 764 WATCHING MERRIMACr
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THE MERRIMAC PASSING THE CONFEDERATE BATTERY ON CRANEY ISLAND, ON HER WAY TO ATTACK THE FEDERAL FLEET. the river. Mounting at once, it took me buta very short time to gallop twelve miles downto Ragged Island. Newport News, exactlyopposite, was an important Federal positioncompletely commanding the entrance of theJames. Powerful land batteries had been con-structed, and a blockading squadron consistingof the United States frigates the Cumberlandand the Congress (both sailing-vessels) hadbeen stationed there for many months. I had hardly dismounted at the watersedge, when I descried the Merriinat ap-proaching. The Congress was moored abouta hundred yards below the land batteries,and the Cumberland a little above them. Assoon as the Merrimac came within range,the batteries and war-vessels opened fire.She passed on up, exchanging broadsideswith the Congress, and making straight forthe Cumberland, at which she made a dash,firing her bow-guns as she struck the doomedvessel with her prow. I

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