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Title: Abraham Lincoln and the battles of the Civil War
Year: 1886 (1880s)
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Subjects: Lincoln, Abraham, 1809-1865 Generals Generals
Publisher: (New York, N.Y.) : (The Century Co.)
Contributing Library: Lincoln Financial Foundation Collection
Digitizing Sponsor: The Institute of Museum and Library Services through an Indiana State Library LSTA Grant

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repeatedly, if the ship were lightened toeighteen feet, they could take her up JamesRiver to Harrisons Landing or City Point,where she could have been put in fightingtrim again, and be in a position to assist inthe defense of Richmond. The commodoredecided upon this course. Calling all handson deck, he told them what he wished done.Sharp and quick work was necessary; for, tobe successful, the ship must be lightened fivefeet, and we must pass the batteries at New-port News and the fleet below before day-light next morning. The crew gave threecheers, and went to work with a will, throwingoverboard the ballast from the fan-tails, as wellas that below, all spare stores, water, indeedeverything but our powder and shot. By mid-night the ship had lightened three feet, when,to our amazement, the pilots said it was use-less to do more, that with the westerly windblowing, the tide would be cut down so thatthe ship would not go up even to JamestownFlats ; indeed, they would not take the respon-
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CAPTAIN VAN BRUNT, COMMANDER OF THE MINNESOTA. In his official report, Captain Van Brunt says of the fight, as viewed fromthe Mtnneso/a ; At 6 A. M. the enemy again appeared, . . . and Ibeat to quarters; but they run past my ship and were heading for FortressMonroe, and the retreat was beaten to enable my men to get something toeat. The Merrimac ran down near the Rip-Raps and then turned intothe channel through which I had come. Again all hands were called toquarters, and opened upon her with my stern-guns, and made signal to theMonitor to attack the enemy. She immediately ran down in my wake,right within the range of the Merriinac, completely covering my ship, asfar as was possible with her diminutive dimensions, and, much to my aston-ishment, laid herself right alongside of the Merrimac, and the contrastwas that of a pigmy to a giant. Gun after gun was fired by the Monitor^which was returned with whole broadsides from the Rebels, with no moreeffect, apparently, than so many pebble-s

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