. Battles and leaders of the Civil War : being for the most part contributions by Union and Confederate officers . the channel through Avlileh I had come. Again all hands side-guns and ten-inch pivot — a liroadsidc wliich woidd were called to quarters, and opened upon her with my have blown out of water any tinilier-lniilt sliip in the , and made signal to the Monitor to attack world. She returned my fire with her rifleil liow-gun, the enemy. She immediately ran down in my walte, with a shell which passed through the chief engineers right within the range of the Merrimac, completely
. Battles and leaders of the Civil War : being for the most part contributions by Union and Confederate officers . the channel through Avlileh I had come. Again all hands side-guns and ten-inch pivot — a liroadsidc wliich woidd were called to quarters, and opened upon her with my have blown out of water any tinilier-lniilt sliip in the , and made signal to the Monitor to attack world. She returned my fire with her rifleil liow-gun, the enemy. She immediately ran down in my walte, with a shell which passed through the chief engineers right within the range of the Merrimac, completely state-room, through the engineers mess-room amid- coverlng my ship, as far as was possible with her ships, and burst in the boatswains room, tearing four diminutive dimensions, and, much to my astonishment, rooms all into one, in its passage exploding two charges laid herself right alongside of the Jlerrimac, and the of powder, which set the ship on fire, but It was promptly contrast was that of a pigmy to a giant. Gun after gun extinguished by a party headed by my Urst lieutenant. ^^^,^/%^ m% \. V--. -^■^s^ -^--Sbrr ...|fec5*ss: :c>5>aB«wBS KSCAll; Ol lAUl nl Till. I OF ITIL CONGKKt THE FIRST FIGHT OF IRON-CLADS. 705 ceded me, and at every station I was warmly received, and to listening crowdswas forced to repeat the story of the fight. Arriving at Richmond, I drove toMr. Mallorys office and with him went to President Daviss, where we met , who, a few days afterward, became Secretary of State, Mr. Seddon,afterward Secretary of Wai, G-eneral Cooper, Adjutant-Greueral, and a num-ber of others. I told at length what had occiured on the previous two days,and what changes and repaus were necessary to the Virginia. As to thefuture, I said that in the Monitor we had met our equal, and that the resultof another engagement would be very doubtful. Mr. Davis made many in-quiries as regarded the ships draught, speed, and capabilities, and urged thecomple
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