The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1903-04-12

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who boarded and captured the vessels
were suspicious of whom they might find
behind tho bales Of hay, and felt relieved
on finding no enemy whatever on board
any one Of the vessels Not one OF the
Federal iron clads dared to prevent the
Jamestown-a wooden vessel-from car
rying OFF the briggs and schooner, winch
were the only substantial fruits which
fell to the Confederntes from their men-;
ace.
Tho career Of the Jamestown is briefly
told After running the gauntlet OF tho
Newport News batteries q number Of
times in removing munitions Of war from
the navy yard to Richmond without any
casualty, she was at last scuttled IN
James river and stretched her weary
length across the channel at DreWry.s
Bluff. hguratively saying to the lFeo-
erals IF you reach Richmond, It must
be over my prost rate form" The steam
ers Curtis Peck and Northampton were
laid sdo by slde8wlth her in company,
together with aSnumber OF canal Doats
loaded with rock and sand.
Guns froml the Jamestown and Patrick
Henry wero placed on Drewry's Blun
and the men were taken from the ships
to handle them. In the encounter several
DAYS afterwards several of the men were
killed and one ohlcer--M idshipman Car
roll from Maryland, n youngster. VINO
seemed to have been born !asenslble 70
- ieal' =. B. HowLE,
Late Surgeons Steward Confederate de- a'f
States Ship Jamestown.
Ia Isn't our friend mistaken in supposing
that the men who handled the guns on
Drewry's Bluff were taken from me shlPs!
Major Drewry always claimed the con-
trary.-Editor of the Confederate Column)
The Virginia"
81 (For the Times Dispatch.) 49,
nBoyond the vast OF time we can destroy
In memory the white foam and the sweep
OF the great Ram, Virginia. and on high
The Southern pennant nuttering Der
the deep; II
And hear the sullenS roar
OF the grim guns she bore
Proclaimlng freedoms fight from listen
Ing shore TO Shore
So sings a yirginian poet while a Vir-
gnia historian persists in calling the
great Ram named after his own State
the Merrinlac Why should Prof. George
Tucker Brooke, OF West Virginia Uni
Sverslty, write Of "The Merrimac- Mont-
tor Battle" instead of3"The Virginia
Monitor Battle?" Inssthe extracts from
his very interesting article given IN ~. me
Times Dispatch OF March 9Th, the Con n
federate vessel is mentioned thirty times
and only twice is she called the Virginia.
Because Northern historians generally
ignore the name OF the Confederate ram
does this Justify such a course In South
ern writer's? I'VE are seeking to correct
history and Prof Brooke Is doing an ex-
cellent work in calling attention to per-
versions OF truth in McClay's account
OF the Virginia and the. Monitor yet Is
he thoughtlessly refusing to the VIZ
ginla her Confederate name.
5 Tho Times Dispatch In the paper OF
March list, published an article from the
Montgomery Advertiser Will ch the editor
OF the Confederate column cPrrectly head
ginla Fight" And 1t Is satisfactory to
sec that tho Alabama paper really knows
tho name OF the Virginia. piece OF his
4 tory which 80 many people are allowed
ito forget, It Is not an uncommon thing
for school boys and girls educated on
Northern histories. or getting their In
formation from current literature. to be
the great Ram Virginia." the pride OF
tho Confederate navy. And are We Will
Ing that the Virginia should go down
into history without a protest on inc
part of Confederates, as the Mcrrimae?
las II the Southern States" declared In
dignant Confederate veteran to the pres.
fent writer. would name their best ship
after muddy stream In Massachusetts"
And my friend added. what we need 70
emphasize: ''If our own people would
pay more attention to the truth In such
matters. there would be some hope o.
inter awhile, setting the world straight
on them.' The error Is being continua!-
ily made and ms continually corrected
Just about y year ago, March ~, l9oa
there appeared In the Baltimore Sun
review OF Alexander Johnstons High
School History OF tho United States"
by Prof, s, Leslie Hall, Of William and
Mary College, In which Prof. tini! por'
formed n valued and much needed SER
vice by exposing tho falslhcations ~
this school book then used IN the Bal
timore public schools, ono set OF these
msstatements having reference 70 the
Virginia. The vessel WAS, OF course.
called the Merr!mno, by Johnston. md
Prof. Hall followed this precedent, But
no confidence Is violated, ] thlnk' N
stating that when Prof Halls atten-
tion was called to this spb1ect, ne re-
piled; "The force OF habit led mo into
saying Merrimao ms most persons and
books do. but ! shall try hereafter 70
mend my ways" :s
In the san Antonla (Texas) Express.
OF January 26. 1909. there appeared 2
spirited account OF tho great sea nght
by Mr., Charming A. Barlow, In which
a Victory" was claimed for the Monl-
tor over the Confederate Ironclad Mer,
rimac" Dr. Charles II. g, Minor. of
Baltimore. replied to this article IN iet-
ter to the Express quoting Ericsson MIN !
self and John Cadmanl Ropes, IN ms
STORY Of the Civil War; In the contehr
ton that the victory was not with the
Monitor, Ericsson calling It q "dram bat
tie" and Ropes IAN overwhelming sue +,
cess for tho new Confederate tronclaa,',
In rI n ln