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Title: The soldier in our Civil War : a pictorial history of the conflict, 1861-1865, illustrating the valor of the soldier as displayed on the battle-field, from sketches drawn by Forbes, Waud, Taylor, Beard, Becker, Lovie, Schell, Crane and numerous other eye-witnesses to the strife
Year: 1893 (1890s)
Authors: Leslie, Frank, 1821-1880 Mottelay, Paul Fleury, b. 1841, ed Campbell-Copeland, T. (Thomas), ed Beath, Robert B. (Robert Burns), 1839-1914 Vandervoort, Paul. History of the Grand Army of the Republic Avery, I. W. (Isaac Wheeler), 1837-1897. History of the Confederate Veterans' Association Davis, A. P. History of the Sons of Veterans Merrill, Frank P. History of the Sons of Veterans
Subjects: United States. Army United States. Navy Confederate States of America. Army Confederate States of America. Navy Grand Army of the Republic United Confederate Veterans Sons of Union Veterans of the Civil War
Publisher: New York Atlanta : Stanley Bradley Pub. Co.
Contributing Library: Lincoln Financial Foundation Collection
Digitizing Sponsor: State of Indiana through the Indiana State Library

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ujsd ok iua iiuMiuii in a flFKORTS TO UliSCDt: TUB ORHW THE SOLDIER Iff CUR CIVIL WAR. 249 During the two-dayb fight, the Minnesota used282 shells and 247 solid shot, while the Monitorflred 41 shots from her two pins, and was strucktwenty-two times. The injuries to the Merrimack;onld not be ascertained. The Minnesota was got afloat at about two oclockMonday morning, with the aid of soveral tngs nndafter throwing ell but eleven of her serviceablepuns overboard. She was a. oiire taken to Fort-ress Monroe. The Munitot .emained in D »mpton Roads, watch-ing for the reappearance of the Merrimack from■ ha Ebwibeth River. Only once, however, on tho11th of April, 1B62, did she nnnear, and succeededin capturing three temporarily unguarded FedcnUtransports before tho Monitor could reach her.The subsequent forced abandonment of Norfolkcompelled the evacuation of tho Confederate posi-tions at Sewalls Point and at Cmney Island, andon the 11th. of May, 1SG3, the Merrimack was blownmi, to prevent

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