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Title: Story of the Confederate States; or, History of the war for southern independence, embracing a brief but comprehensive sketch of the early settlement of the country, trouble with the Indians, the French, revolutionary and Mexican wars ..
Year: 1895 (1890s)
Authors: Derry, Joseph Tyrone, 1841-
Subjects: United States -- History Civil War, 1861-1865 Confederate States of America -- History
Publisher: Richmond, Va., B.F. Johnson Publishing Company
Contributing Library: New York Public Library
Digitizing Sponsor: MSN

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e of iron-clads occurred just before thebeginning of these movements of the armies.^ Whenthe. Federal authorities abandoned the nav^-yard atNorfolk in April, 1861, they sank the Merrimac, whichwas at that time undergoing repairs.^ This vessel wasraised by the Confederate authorities during the sum-mer of 1861, and rebuilt as an iron-clad according toplans suggested by Lieutenant John M. Brooke, whohad resigned from the old navy and joined that of the ^ Some battles of iron-clads have already been described in the pre-vious chapter on the western campaign. But the battle between theVirginia and Monitor was the first one fought between vessels of whicheach was a fully equipped iron-clad. - At the navy-yard the Confederates captured 1,200 heavy guns, whichduring 1861 were distributed over all the South and mounted on fortifi-cations from the Potomac to the Mississippi. Why the Federals aban-doned Norfolk and the navy-yard it is impossible to understand. Therewas certainly no need for it.
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BEfilNNINc; OF TUK VIRGINIA CAMPAIGNS. 173 Confederates. The vessel wlieii rebuilt was named theVirginia. It was not ready for service until March8th, 1862. On that day it steamed down the Eliza-beth river, and headed for Newport News. The in-tention was to attack the Union fleet in HamptonRoads. .S. Right gallantly did the fleet receive the onset ofthe iron-plated monster. All in vain, however. Aftera fierce conflict, the Cumberland was sunk, the Con-gress was captured and burned, the Minnesota ranaground, and the rest of the fleet was scattered. TheVirginia waited until morning to finish the work sowell begun. 4. But at daylight the men on the Virginia noticeda strange looking craft lying between their ship andthe Minnesota. This proved to be Ericssons Monitor,a vessel, little of which showed above the water exceptits revolving iron turret, armed with heav)^ rifled can-non. Keeping between the Minnesota and the Vir-ginia, the Monitor received the attack of the latter.Though the figh

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