The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1907-09-29
Tie ,lerrimnc (vireinin) ana the


Editor5Sor The Times Dispatch:
stifuls things ut the jamestown EXP -
ton is the tation3of the great
battle between the tronclads. Merrima,ec
(or, Virginia,s as she was rechristene ,!l
fSskill+wit which the pa norana repre-
sents E5the waves Of. lIaTnpto ton q r Dads,
the Ships, the sinking of the Cumber-
land and the battle betwe en- ironclads.
count of what took place up to- the
time thatp2thc Monitor took refuge.
Fin shoal water. where the Virginia
could not get.at her. and 9 Virginia
goes B%to !. Norfolk for repairs but he
oes$not tell Of SUBSEQUENT events, and
closes Y BY saying Both sides claimed
the syict tory tSf BILE n S.4
n. Now, this is true. Be tn sides did
no 5shad ow~of doubt that the Virginia
was victorious in this first fight be-
tween iionclad KS ~
But! as Northern writer's generally
have claimed the victory for the M on
itor. and many Of our Southern people
IFseemE doub tt Ill as to the real result Of
the conflict beg to give the follow
ing sbrief9accouut: .S 85 "a Y: q Vac
Portsmouth Navy Yard. near Norfolk,
! Va, was given up to tho Confederates,
| Before the surrender the steam frigate
Merrima a the ~ finest in the service,
|
Captain u Ohm NJ Brooke, formerly
" Lieutenant Maury's assistant at the
s|oeea tba
roof OF a house, and was smeared with
IA low and .plumba o.. An iron hea ( (
Or Prov wasf5tixed TO heSFcraf II which
was Srena ms ed the Virginia. 3$;ss + f5
4 i AboutAnoon March 8. 1862, the EsVir-
ginia stea med out from N orfolk into
Hampton Roads. She a t once made
for the sloop-o war Cumberland The
latter opened with her. tremendous
naval warfare the solid shot did nc
I execution. Striking the iron @armorsso Of
] the Virginia. the balls glancedshunr
4 dreds Of feet up in the air and splung.
4 Crashing q ntolgt he5s$9C umb erland, thu
d beak OF the Virginia op ened M huge
4 hole, ithroug h Wh ich# the water8pourec
A Ikea ymill tream. The cumberiant
4 flag still lhuttered from the masthead
i above the water8as t1eG Hull lay inS Z
4 careened position on the b2ttom.44
eo,d eehg 9hn
Sster, ran shore, swh here the water wa
A too shallow for the iYirgi la osreacl
!, her, but she poured shot into her unit
\ the Congress raised the white fac
q 3nanded the Virginia, sent boats5to re
\ iceive her surrender.s.T IT ese b oats be
Z Ing treacherously$&hr Fed a# on, &4h oYeyel
Il not only&from the shore. b ut from til
II Congress itself, While the, whiteS1ag
4 were dying, Lieutenant Minor an
4 Commodore Buchanan himself, Sbeini
a wounded. the brave old commodore or
: dered that the Congress be sdestroye
!. bswith hot shot and ncendiary3 shell
, and this was done under Ii eutenan
/ ECatesby Jones, who sue ceeded to sth
h command. Jones continued the hgF
~ until dark With the United States Fri
{ gates Minnesota, Roanoke and 4, S
. i5Lawrence, and the batter ies ont
81 shore, and would I'd CUB tlesa 4 have Dc
a. tstroyed these vessels also but for 3th
&| fact that eysshng geda tho shore U
.shoal wat e r SO hat the EsV'irg!nl aE "
" snot&gct at tn EN-, Isl 3s9 #
4 After night the lrginia. togetht
-]With@th the Patrick Henry, the anne
t town. the Teaze,,s and 81 tn e # RAJ te
Y which were also ngaged ins the Ugh
y. anchored off Sewell' Pol Mt, the 8woun.
!, ed and prison ersabeing sent to Norfo1
Y on the Bea ufort. s ssss S5.,S u 4
/ That night the Monitor, which i hi
XII been lab ring Inward u for sever
Elidays from New York,,Tre ched the ha
Il Dor and took position n ear the stea
Il frigate MINI esota. 4; The Monitor w
r. about onc-tif th4th eI q slze3@o Of the 57sVi
f. ginia and wasIthe Il inyentto sof
+ Swede Captain: Ericsson. q She had
s deck which rose a5 few In hes% abo
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