. Angels of the battlefield : a history of the labors of the Catholic sisterhoods in the late civil war . ^ yard, they blew up all the Government vessels to pre-vent them from falling into thehands of the Confederates. Onefrigate, which had been sunk,was raised by the Confederatesand transformed into an iron-clad ram, making her one ofthe most formidable vesselsthen afloat, though now shewould be considered ridiculous. This vessel, rechristenedthe Merrimac, aided by three gun boats, destroyed theUnited States frigate Cumberland, forced the surrender ofthe Congress and scattered the remainder o
. Angels of the battlefield : a history of the labors of the Catholic sisterhoods in the late civil war . ^ yard, they blew up all the Government vessels to pre-vent them from falling into thehands of the Confederates. Onefrigate, which had been sunk,was raised by the Confederatesand transformed into an iron-clad ram, making her one ofthe most formidable vesselsthen afloat, though now shewould be considered ridiculous. This vessel, rechristenedthe Merrimac, aided by three gun boats, destroyed theUnited States frigate Cumberland, forced the surrender ofthe Congress and scattered the remainder of the Unionfleet in Hampton Roads. That night, amid the consterna- (87). 88 ANGELS OF THE BATTLEFIELD. tion which prevailed, the new Union gun boat, called theMonitor, designed by John Ericsson, arrived in HamptonRoads and prepared to resist the Merrimac the next Monitor was a turreted ironclad. The followingmorning, after a severe battle, the Monitor drove theMerrimac back to Gosport Navy Yard, where she waslater blown up. This was one of the turning points ofthe war. In the meantime General McClellan made his advanceon Richmond, going by sea to Yorktown and advancingthence on Richmond. For seven days there was tremen-dous fighting near Richmond, the Confederates usually get-ting the best of it. Finally McClellan retreated to Harri-sons Landing to make a new effort. He was greatly dis-appointed in not getting reinforcements, and finally wasordered back with his army to Washington. During the contest known as the seven days bat-tles the fighting commenced about 2 oclock A. M., andcontinued until 10 P. M. each day. The bombs were burst-ing and redde
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