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Tag Archives: U.S.S. Minnesota
The Monitor, the Merrimack and… U.S.S. Minnesota?
Easy Plugin for AdSense by Unreal 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 … Continue reading
Posted in 1862, Navy
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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This Week in the American Civil War – March 5-11, 1862 (150 years ago)
Courtesy of the Minnesota Civil War Commemoration Task Force Major Highlights for the week Wednesday March 5, 1862 Federal troops under Major General Nathaniel Prentice Banks advanced up the Shenandoah Valley from Harper’s Ferry, western Va., to Winchester, Va., and … Continue reading
Posted in 1862, This Week in the Civil War
Tagged Battle of Hampton Roads, Battle of Pea Ridge, Benjamin McCullough, C.S.S. Virginia, Cherokee, Cherokee Mounted Rifles, Earl Van Dorn, George B. McClellan, Indian Territory, James McIntosh, Joseph E. Johnston, Merrimack, Minnesota, Monitor, Nathaniel P. Banks, President Abraham Lincoln, President Jefferson Davis, Samuel Curtis, Sewell's Point, U.S.S. Minnesota, Virginia
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