Essentials of United States history . in and France both acknowl-edged the belligerent rights and] towers of the Confederacy. Thisgave to the Confederate vessels theprivilege of taking refuge in foreignharbors. After a time, moreover, theEnglish ship-builders began to buildcmiscrs for the use of the Southern The Flag of the Con- government. FEDERACY. , _.,,,. ,.,-.,. 364. The Mernmac and the Moni-tor.— The Confederates rebuilt an old United States frigatecalled the Merrimac, turned it into an iron-clad ram, andrenamed her the Virginia. All of the boat that appearedabove the water was encased i
Essentials of United States history . in and France both acknowl-edged the belligerent rights and] towers of the Confederacy. Thisgave to the Confederate vessels theprivilege of taking refuge in foreignharbors. After a time, moreover, theEnglish ship-builders began to buildcmiscrs for the use of the Southern The Flag of the Con- government. FEDERACY. , _.,,,. ,.,-.,. 364. The Mernmac and the Moni-tor.— The Confederates rebuilt an old United States frigatecalled the Merrimac, turned it into an iron-clad ram, andrenamed her the Virginia. All of the boat that appearedabove the water was encased in heavy iron plates, so that allsorts of shot and shell would rebound or glance off and do noharm. This new and strange sea-monster steamed out ofNorfolk Harbor on the 8th of March, 1862, and attacked theUnited States fleet of war-vessels lying in Hampton day she sunk the Cumberland, attacked the Congress,forced her to surrender, set her on fire, and as darkness wascoming on steamed back to Norfolk, to the shelter of the. LINCOLNS FIRST ADMINISTRATION (1861-1865) 279 Confederate batteries for needed repairs. Early the nextmorning, March 9, 1862, she proudly steamed forth againout of the harbor to finish her work of destroying the Unionships still remaining in Hampton Roads. As the Merrimac sailed onward towards the Minne-sota, which was fast in the mud, a small boat suddenlyappeared upon the surface of the water, which was at oncenamed by the Merrimac sailors a Yankee cheese-box ona raft. This little boat, with a flat deck only just above thewaters edge, was an iron-clad monitor, designed and builton an entirely new and original plan by Captain John Erics-
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