. The photographic history of the Civil War : in ten volumes . of the secession of Virginia it con-tained at least 2,000 pieces ofheavy cannon, including 300 newDahlgren guns. The aggregatevalue of the property there wasclose to $10,000,000. Most ofthis fell into the hands of theConfederates. Owing to the pos-session of the yard equipment, itwas here that the Southern navalconstructors were first able toexemplify their ideas in ironcladconstruction by raising the hullof the sunken Merrimac andcon\erting her into the armored Virginia, to strike terror at theheart of the North by her per-formanc
. The photographic history of the Civil War : in ten volumes . of the secession of Virginia it con-tained at least 2,000 pieces ofheavy cannon, including 300 newDahlgren guns. The aggregatevalue of the property there wasclose to $10,000,000. Most ofthis fell into the hands of theConfederates. Owing to the pos-session of the yard equipment, itwas here that the Southern navalconstructors were first able toexemplify their ideas in ironcladconstruction by raising the hullof the sunken Merrimac andcon\erting her into the armored Virginia, to strike terror at theheart of the North by her per-formances in Hampton Roads in1862. Although the Federalsregained possession of Norfolksoon afterward and compelledthe destruction of the Virgiaia,her record stirred the Confed-erates to almost superhumanefforts. Secretary Mallory wasmost active in founding enter-prises both at home and abroadfcr the (onslruction of vessels. STEPHEN RUSSELL MALLORYSECRETARY OF THE CONFEDERATE STATES NAVY. COPYRIGHT, 1911, REVIEW OF REVlEV-S CO, THE BEGINNING OF THE CONFEDERATE NAVY—RUINS OF THE NORFOLK NAVY-YARD, 1862 and its dearth of even the nucleus of any naval force. Thesecession of Mississi^^pi, Florida, Alabama, Georgia, and Lou-isiana in quick succession made for a sure commencement ofhostilities. In February, 1861, delegates from the secedingStates met at JMontgomery, Alabama, and organized a newprovisional Government; the breach had widened beyond allhojje of repair; the only manner in which the matter could besettled was by war. Jefferson Davis was made the President of the new re-public, and the task he liad to face might well have appalleda less resourceful brain. Without a treasury, without anarmy, and without a single gunboat, the new President ap-pointed his cabinet, and assigned the post of Secretary of thejVavy to Stephen R. JNIallory, of Florida, who had served hisState ill the United States Senate, and for years had beenchairman of the Naval Committee of the House
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