. Battles and leaders of the Civil War : being for the most part contributions by Union and Confederate officers . ces were Z> The officers ot the Merrimac were : Flag-Officcr, Algernon S. Garnett; Caiitain of Marines, ReubenFranklin Buchanan; Lieutenants, Catesby ap R. Thorn; Engineers, H. A. Ramsey, acting chief;Jones (executive and ordnance officer), Charles C. Assistants, Tynan, Campbell, Herring, Jack, andSimms, R. D. Minor (flag). Hunter Davidson, John White; Boatswain, Hasker; aunner, Oliver; Car-Taylor Wood, J. ,R. Eggleston, Walter Butt; Mid- penter, Liudsey; Clerl;, Arthur Sinclai
. Battles and leaders of the Civil War : being for the most part contributions by Union and Confederate officers . ces were Z> The officers ot the Merrimac were : Flag-Officcr, Algernon S. Garnett; Caiitain of Marines, ReubenFranklin Buchanan; Lieutenants, Catesby ap R. Thorn; Engineers, H. A. Ramsey, acting chief;Jones (executive and ordnance officer), Charles C. Assistants, Tynan, Campbell, Herring, Jack, andSimms, R. D. Minor (flag). Hunter Davidson, John White; Boatswain, Hasker; aunner, Oliver; Car-Taylor Wood, J. ,R. Eggleston, Walter Butt; Mid- penter, Liudsey; Clerl;, Arthur Sinclair, Jr.; VoUshipmen, Foute, Marmaduke, Littlepage, Craig, iCTtor JMes, Lieutenant Douglas Forrest, C. S. A.,Long, and Rootes ; Paymaster, James Semple ; Captain Kevil, commanding detachment of NorfolkSurgeon, Dinwiddle Phillips; Assistant-Surgeon, Vnited AitiWery; Signal Corps, Sevgea-nt Tahh. LI. B. L. Flack/ord. del. March 7, PROW, OF STEEL. ^ JwoooEN BULWARK. THE 3IERKIMAC, FROM A SKETCH MADE THE DAY BEFORE rfrf ,„on unoer h PILOT-HOUSE. THE FIGHT. / propeller. THE FIRST FIGHT OF limited, and the demand for all kinds of war material most pressing. And■when we reflect npon the .seareity and inexperience of the -n-orkmeu, and thegi-eat changes necessaiy in transforming an ordinary ii-on workshop intoan arsenal in which all the machinery and tools had to be impro\-ised, it isastonishing that so much was accomijlished. The unfinished state of thevessel interfered so with the drills and exercises that we had but little oppor-tunity of getting things into shape.;* It should be remembered that the shipwas an experiment in naval archi-tectm-e, differing in every respectfrom any then afloat. The ofiieersand the crew were sti-angei-s to theshiiD and to each other. Up to thehour of sailing she was crowded withworkmen. Xot a gun had been fii-ed,hardly a revolution of the engineshad been made, when we east offfrom the dock and started on whatmany thought was
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