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On this date in Civil War History: March 8-9, 1862 - Battle of Hampton Roads
Easy Plugin for AdSense by Unreal Confederate captain Franklin Buchanan steamed his ironclad Virginia (formerly the USS Merrimack) from the Gosport Navy Yard into the Chesapeake Bay to confront the Union fleet there on blockade duty. Anchored in the bay … Continue reading
Posted in 1862, Navy, This Date in Civil War History
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The Monitor, the Merrimack and… U.S.S. Minnesota?
By Darryl Sannes and Jeffrey Williams Minnesota Civil War Commemoration Task Force Friday marks the 150th anniversary of the famed duel between the ironclad ships, Monitor and Merrimack, and the Battle of Hampton Roads off of Sewell’s Point, Virginia. Today, … Continue reading
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Tagged 1862, African-American sailors, black sailors, C.S.S. Jamestown, C.S.S. Patrick Henry, C.S.S. Virginia, Charles Johnson, Flag Officer Silas H. Stringham, George H. Roberts, George Moore, George Sales, Gershom Jacques Van Brunt, Henry Williams, March, Norfolk Naval Station, Sewell's Point, U.S.S. Congress, U.S.S. Cumberland, U.S.S. Merrimack, U.S.S. Minnesota, U.S.S. Monitor, Virginia, William Brown, William H. White
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