. Young people's history of Virginia and Virginians . ncladsfled again to shoal water, under the protection of the guns ofFortress Monroe. The Virginia steamed about in the deepwater as near to the Federal ships as she could get, and daredthem to come out, but they would not venture. ThenCommodore Tatnall sent the Jamestown and Raleigh tocapture three transports which had, like the Federal fleet,run under the protection of the heavy batteries. LieutenantsBarney and Alexander accomplished this so bravely that, asthey came by the French and British men-of-war with their OF Virginia and Virginian
. Young people's history of Virginia and Virginians . ncladsfled again to shoal water, under the protection of the guns ofFortress Monroe. The Virginia steamed about in the deepwater as near to the Federal ships as she could get, and daredthem to come out, but they would not venture. ThenCommodore Tatnall sent the Jamestown and Raleigh tocapture three transports which had, like the Federal fleet,run under the protection of the heavy batteries. LieutenantsBarney and Alexander accomplished this so bravely that, asthey came by the French and British men-of-war with their OF Virginia and Virginians 207 prizes, they were cheered. Every day for many days theVirginia came down into Hampton Roads to offer battle tothe Federal fleet. But neither the Monitor nor any othership would venture out. After the evacuation of Norfolkthe Virginia was destroyed in May, 1862, by Admiral Tatnall,as she drew too much water to be carried up James River,A few years after the war the crew of the Monitor claimed$200,000 prize money for destroying the Virginia. The. THE SINKING OF THE CUMBERLAND House of Representatives passed the bill, but on receiving astatement of the facts from the Southern Historical Society,the Senate refused to agree to it. But ever since the war theimpression has been made by Northern historians that greatglory was won by the Monitor. The Cumberland had donemore harm to the Virginia than all others, for she had, unin-tentionally it is true, carried off the steel beak of the Vir-ginia, and then her captain (Morris) and all of his crew stood 208 Young Peoples History at their posts firing her guns until their ship went down, butwith her colors flying. Brandy Station.—The greatest cavalry battle of moderntimes was at Brandy Station. It raged from sunup to sun-down on a June day in 1863. General Stuart completely de-feated the Federals and drove them back to their infantry lines. Capacity of thePeople for S e 1 f One year after the WarBetween the Statesbrok
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