. Report of proceedings incidental to the erection and dedication of the Confederate monument. under special ordersserved abroad eighteen months; when, returning, ran blockadt; at Wilmington, N. C, December, 1864; ordered as fir=ilieutenant to C. S. S. \irginia. flagship of the James river squadron; and served later in the naval brigade commandedby Admiral Semmes. Engaged in U. S. Navy Department, compiling Confederate naval records. 95 ) WAR SHIPS. Navy Departmknt, ( Washingion. May 2S, 1895. )Jo/iii C. UnJci-uood, Maj -Grit. Commniidiiii; : My Dbar Genkral—In reply to your kind requ
. Report of proceedings incidental to the erection and dedication of the Confederate monument. under special ordersserved abroad eighteen months; when, returning, ran blockadt; at Wilmington, N. C, December, 1864; ordered as fir=ilieutenant to C. S. S. \irginia. flagship of the James river squadron; and served later in the naval brigade commandedby Admiral Semmes. Engaged in U. S. Navy Department, compiling Confederate naval records. 95 ) WAR SHIPS. Navy Departmknt, ( Washingion. May 2S, 1895. )Jo/iii C. UnJci-uood, Maj -Grit. Commniidiiii; : My Dbar Genkral—In reply to your kind request thai 1 should respond to thetoast to the C. S. Navy, and relate the Merrimacs career, upon the grand occasion ofthe unveiling of a Confederate monument in Chicago. I beg to state that her career wastoo statistical to be made interesting in a speech within your limits. I submit myremarks as a matter of history. The main facts are taken from my kept at tlietime and are verified by the record. Facts should hurt no and fraternally yours H hp:vi-:klv littlepac;e. T H E M E R R I M AC AN D M O NM TO R , By CAPT. H BEVERLY Virginia The 8th and 9th of March. 1862. marked two of the most startlingand important engagements in the annals of naval warfare. TheMirrimacs gnns 011 the eighth sonntied the deatfi knell of the then existingnavies of the world. Her guns and the Monitors on the ninth proclaimed,in tones of thnnder. the birth of the new navies—wooden ships were nolonger war shl[>s. Large prizes were offered for impenetrable armors and like prizes forirresistible projectiles. There was hurrying everywhere to keep apacewith the new conditions ilhistrateei by the Merrimac. the creation of anation yet unborn. A SHORT SKETCH OF THE: MERRIMAC AXD HER CAREER Upon the hasty evacuation of Norfolk by the United States forceson the 20th of April, 1861. among the ships burned, was the frigateMerrimac. She was rescued from the flames by the \i
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