NAVY DEPARTMENT,
March 13, 1862.
Maj. Gen. GEORGE B.
MCCLELLAN, Fairfax Court-House:
The Monitor is more than a match for the Merrimac, but she
might be disabled in the next encounter. I cannot advise so great dependence
upon her. Burnside and Goldsborough are very strong for the Chowan River route
to Norfolk, and I brought up maps, explanations, &c., to show you. It turns
everything, and is only 27 miles to Norfolk by two good roads. Burnside will
have New Berne this week. The Monitor may, and I think will, destroy the
Merrimac in the next fight, but this is hope, not certainty. The Merrimac must
dock for repairs.
G. V. FOX.
SOURCE: The War of the Rebellion: A Compilation of
the Official Records of the Union and Confederate Armies, Series I, Volume
5 (Serial No. 5), p. 753
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