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Skeleton found in Civil War ironclad
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| August 3, 2002
| AP
Posted on 08/03/2002 7:31:07 PM PDT by USA21
Edited on 04/29/2004 2:00:58 AM PDT by Jim Robinson.
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posted on
08/03/2002 7:31:07 PM PDT
by
USA21
To: USA21
Bookmarked.
To: jumpstartme
I thought the battle was between the Merrimack and the Monitor?
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posted on
08/03/2002 7:45:44 PM PDT
by
Whey
To: Whey
It sank after the battle. You knew that, right?
ps- It was the CSS Virginia, not the Merrimack.
To: Whey
...not as a result of the battle. The battle was considered a draw. This was later...
To: USA21
Nice to see an AP article refer to the Virginia by her correct name.
Sorry, I was not clear. Yes I know that the Monitor sank while being towed..and not during a battle. But I always thought the battle of the ironclads was between the Merrimack and the Monitor.
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posted on
08/03/2002 7:57:16 PM PDT
by
Whey
To: jumpstartme
The Virginia was scuttled a few weeks after the engagement to prevent capture by McClellan during the Peninsula Campaign; the Monitor, a very unseaworthy craft, was being towed to Charleston when it capsized, as the story says, in a storm on Dec. 31, 1862.
To: Morgan's Raider
Okay...I will just go search the internet. Looks like I am not going to get my explaination here. Must be secret...
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posted on
08/03/2002 8:04:15 PM PDT
by
Whey
To: Whey
The Merrimack was a Union frigate that was scuttled at the dock in Norfolk early in the war to prevent capture. However, she only burned to the waterline, and the Confederates raised the hull, built the barn-like iron clad superstructure on top of it, and re-christened her the CSS Virginia.
To: Morgan's Raider
Okay...bingo. Now I get it. She was recommissioned as the Virginia. Cool. I never knew that! Thanks Raider.
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posted on
08/03/2002 8:08:43 PM PDT
by
Whey
To: *Old_North_State; **North_Carolina; Constitution Day; ncweaver; ncpastor; Howlin; Pamlico; ...
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posted on
08/03/2002 8:10:12 PM PDT
by
mykdsmom
To: USA21
The military funeral for this sailor will be an event I look forward to. I hope that he is given great honors.
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posted on
08/03/2002 8:11:08 PM PDT
by
Arkinsaw
To: Whey
Every once in a while we old unreconstructed Rebel farts can impart some useful information :-)
To: USA21
This is extremely cool. We used to live on Chesapeake Avenue in Hampton, VA, which gave an unobstruted view of Hampton Roads harbor. From our front porch you could look out over the spot where the battle supposedly took place. Every photo or drawing of the battle location I've ever seen has it taking place about a 1/2 mile from our old home.
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posted on
08/03/2002 8:27:40 PM PDT
by
P8riot
To: Morgan's Raider
Thank you for clearing that up.
Truth in history takes alot of work.
I'm still wondering did Richard III actually kill his nephews?
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posted on
08/03/2002 8:40:13 PM PDT
by
lizma
To: Morgan's Raider
Some of the iron, and equipment from the CSS Virginia was stored at the Norfolk Naval Shipyard in Portsmouth, VA (called Gosport in the 1860's) until the 1950's. There are various reports as to it's final disposition, but all indications are that most of it was sold for scrap. Some of the timbers were made into souvenir canes, and other items. The remainder of the ship was scuttled and lies under Craney Island in Hampton Roads. Some relics can be seeh at the Mariner's Museum in Newport News, VA.
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posted on
08/03/2002 8:42:33 PM PDT
by
P8riot
To: USA21
/salute a brave man long dead.
To: Morgan's Raider
I knew about the Virginia's fate, but, to be honest I never knew what had happened to this Ironclad.
To: Whey
Sorry, I posted quickly and misunderstood your question.
There's a ton of info online about the Virginia including some awesome early photos on the Navy web.
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