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Showing posts with label Css Patrick Henry. Show all posts
Thursday, September 8, 2016

Diary of Sir Arthur James Lyon Fremantle: Friday, June 19, 1863

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I embarked at 10 A.M. on board a small steamer to visit Drewry's Bluff on the James River, the scene of the repulse of the ironclads Mo...
Saturday, April 4, 2015

Diary of Judith W. McGuire: May 14, 1862

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The anxiety of all classes for the safety of Richmond is now intense, though a strong faith in the goodness of God and the valour of our tr...
Wednesday, June 20, 2012

The Rebel Steamers Lately Engaged Near Fortress Monroe

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(From the New York Tribune) THE MERRIMAC. The Merrimac was originally one of the five war steamers authorized to be constructed by...
Saturday, December 3, 2011

From Washington

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WASHINGTON, April 5. The Senate military committee reported against the confirmation of Blenker, Stahl and [De Anna] as Brigadier Generals,...
Friday, August 12, 2011

Special to Post.

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The naval committee of the Senate this morning agreed to report a bill at once for the appropriation of $15,000,000 for iron-clad vessels o...
Monday, March 21, 2011

The Gunboat Galena on James River --- She Silences Two Forts

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GUNBOAT GALENA, Sunday, May 11. DEAR BROTHER – I suppose by this time you have heard of the Galena leaving Hampton Roads.   I was glad of i...
Thursday, January 20, 2011

What one of the Merrimac’s Crew says of her Fight with the Monitor

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From the New York Herald, 19 th . James Thompson a sailor by vocation, a citizen of Massachusetts, and formerly a resident of this city, ar...