. Report of proceedings incidental to the erection and dedication of the Confederate monument. f -^ 198 Being totally- unprepared for figliting an armored vessel, liavingnothing but shells for our guns, we declined to develop the soon after advanced and attempted to cross our bows. The Merri-mac advanced at full speed and rammed her, but soon discovered thatshe had struck her with her naked stem causing her (the Merrimac 1 toleak. Her prow was afterward found in the Cumberland. This probablysaved the Monitor from the Cumberlands fate. After a fearful combatof five hours, when
. Report of proceedings incidental to the erection and dedication of the Confederate monument. f -^ 198 Being totally- unprepared for figliting an armored vessel, liavingnothing but shells for our guns, we declined to develop the soon after advanced and attempted to cross our bows. The Merri-mac advanced at full speed and rammed her, but soon discovered thatshe had struck her with her naked stem causing her (the Merrimac 1 toleak. Her prow was afterward found in the Cumberland. This probablysaved the Monitor from the Cumberlands fate. After a fearful combatof five hours, when they were frequentlv only a few yards apart, theMerrimac succeeded in dislodging the Monitors pilot house and blindingand otherwise disabling her gallant commander who then gave the orderto sheer off. The Monitor hauled over the bar where the Merrimac could not pur-sue her, as the Merrimac drew more than twice as much water, 222 feetagainst loyi feet. The Merrimac had already been hard and fastaground for twenty to thirty minutes trying to reach the Minnesota anddid not care to experiment longer w
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