. Deeds of valor : how America's heroes won the medal of honor : personal reminiscences and records of officers and enlisted men who were awarded the congressional medal of honor for most conspicuous acts of bravery in battle : combined with an abridged history of our country's wars . ply of ammunition ran short in the turret and LieutenantWorden hauled the ship off for about fifteen minutes, as during the replenishing ofthe supply the turret had to be kept stationary so that the two scuttles, one in theturret-fioor and the other in the deck, should be in line. During this lull Wordenpassed th
. Deeds of valor : how America's heroes won the medal of honor : personal reminiscences and records of officers and enlisted men who were awarded the congressional medal of honor for most conspicuous acts of bravery in battle : combined with an abridged history of our country's wars . ply of ammunition ran short in the turret and LieutenantWorden hauled the ship off for about fifteen minutes, as during the replenishing ofthe supply the turret had to be kept stationary so that the two scuttles, one in theturret-fioor and the other in the deck, should be in line. During this lull Wordenpassed through a port-hole out upon the deck to get a good look all around. — 17 — Although the Merrimac had received some heavy shocks, no shots had sofar penetrated to the inside. At the same time officers and men realized theirinability to reach the inside of their adversary. When, during the lull, LieutenantJones made a quick tour of inspection of his ship he met a whole gun-division in thebattery standing at ease, saying that it was no use to waste powder on the Monitor,it being just as effective to snap ones fingers at her. Jones determined to run the Monitor down. His ship was here at a double dis-advantage; she was much slower and more unwieldy then the Monitor and also had. THE MONITORS HEROES AT WORK IN THE TURRET. to confine herself to a small area in her manoeuvring on account of her twenty-twofeet of draught, the Monitor only drawing twelve feet. When the battle began afresh Jones rammed the Monitor; the effect was almostnothing. The Monitor glanced off and one of her guns managed to plant a 180-pound shot at a distance of fifteen yards against the forward casemate. The Confederates now concentrated their aim on the Monitors pilot-house. A hostile shell, fired at a distance of no more than ten yards, struck against one of the slits in the pilot-house and exploded. While the top of the latter was torn and lifted the gases and flames from the exploding powder struck Worde
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