. Hazen's elementary history of the United States; a story and a lesson. THE MONITOR AND THE MERRIMAC. 221 LESSON.—It attacked the wooden fleet at Hampton Roads and sankthe Cumberland. The shot and shell from the Union fleet did not harmher. The little iron-clad Monitor met her and defeated her. At this time the great battleships of the world were madeof wood. In Hampton Roads near the navy yard lay theUnion fleet of wooden vessels. When the Merrimac^ or Virgiiiia^ as the Confederates hadnamed her, was fully ready, she steamed slowly out intoHampton Roads and approached the sloop-of-war Cumber
. Hazen's elementary history of the United States; a story and a lesson. THE MONITOR AND THE MERRIMAC. 221 LESSON.—It attacked the wooden fleet at Hampton Roads and sankthe Cumberland. The shot and shell from the Union fleet did not harmher. The little iron-clad Monitor met her and defeated her. At this time the great battleships of the world were madeof wood. In Hampton Roads near the navy yard lay theUnion fleet of wooden vessels. When the Merrimac^ or Virgiiiia^ as the Confederates hadnamed her, was fully ready, she steamed slowly out intoHampton Roads and approached the sloop-of-war Cumber-land. The Union fleet poured a torrent of shot and shell on herarmored sides without doing her any harm, while she struckthe Cmnherland with her iron prow and sank her with all hercrew. Then the MerrimaG\Nent back to Norfolk to get readyto destroy the rest of the fleet on the morrow. At this time a queer little craft that looked like a cheese-box on a raft, was quietly steaming along the coast fromNew York to Hampton Roads, where it arrived after theMerrimac had go
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