. Civil War stories . found an antagonist. TheMonitor was no longer an experiment. To thespectators the shots of the Confederate vesselseemed to have no more effect than so many peb-bles thrown by a child. The battle, when once begun, went on withoutintermission. Finding she could accomplish no-thing with the Monitor, the Merrimac turnedupon the wooden ships, and put an enormous shotinto the Minnesota, tearing four rooms into one,and setting the ship on fire. The fire was quicklyextinguished, and the Minnesota replied with abroadside that would have blown out of waterany wooden ship in the wor
. Civil War stories . found an antagonist. TheMonitor was no longer an experiment. To thespectators the shots of the Confederate vesselseemed to have no more effect than so many peb-bles thrown by a child. The battle, when once begun, went on withoutintermission. Finding she could accomplish no-thing with the Monitor, the Merrimac turnedupon the wooden ships, and put an enormous shotinto the Minnesota, tearing four rooms into one,and setting the ship on fire. The fire was quicklyextinguished, and the Minnesota replied with abroadside that would have blown out of waterany wooden ship in the world; but the Merrimacwas unharmed. It seemed like magic, and inother days would doubtless have been consideredthe effect of wicked enchantment. Fifty solidshot struck on the slanting sides without any ap- 56 CIVIL WAR STORIES parent result. The Merrimac fired three times, inreturn, at the Minnesota, and would soon havedestroyed her, but the little Monitor came dancingdown to the rescue, placing herself directly be- *V-. ON BOARD THE MERRIMAC A SHOT AT THE TIN CAN ON A SHINGLE tween the two huge crafts, and compelled theMerrimac to change her position. While the ships were alongside, the commanderof the Merrimac called for men to board theMonitor and overwhelm her by numbers, but thelittle thing was beyond reach before his commandcould be obeyed. THE MERRIMAC AND THE MONITOR 57 About noon the crisis of the battle Confederates determined to direct their at-tack on the pilot-house of their enemy, and whenthe little craft was only ten yards away they sentone shell full against the sight-hole of the Moni-tor. In exploding, it tore off the top of the pilot-house, and wounded the gallant was blinded with the powder, and for amoment stunned. He supposed that all was lost,for the sudden glare of light that poured in on hisinjured eyes from the opening made him think thepilot-house absolutely destroyed. He gave ordersto move off, and sent for Greene. The youn
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