Thank you both.
I’ve been in the hospital twice in the last two months. The last time was with an E. Coli infection in my blood. How I got that I do not know. Probably something I ate. I went from feeling great to collapsed on the floor unable to get up, all in about 3 or 4 hours. I’m OK now though.
The articles about CSS Alabama and the Kearsarge were very interesting. It looks like if their shells hadn't misfired, the Alabama would have won that exchange. Also the Alabama was unaware that the Kearsarge had been armored up. Might have changed their decision to engage had they known.