USS Monitor Civil War sailors to be buried at Arlington National Cemetery 150 years later

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[shove_it]

ARLINGTON, Va.

[0.E.O]

The Merrimac never left Hampton Roads and other that sinking the Cumberland and the Congress on the first day it caused no further damage.

[Telepathic Intruder]

If my rendition of it based on reading it years ago were from a Hollywood director, you’d not be able to question it. In any case, I’m certainly partially correct. The history book that I read about the Civil War was several hundred pages long, and had pictures.

[SunkenCiv]

Thanks shove_it, here’s the later, closed topic:

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[SunkenCiv]

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[jmacusa]

On July 4th. 1863 after three months of siege Vicksburg surrendered to Union forces. This gave the North control of the Mississippi and cut the Confederacy in two. After this the South just ran out the clock.

[donmeaker]

The refloated Merrimac(k) was on the James River, in Virginia.

[donmeaker]

It was the War of the Rebellion.

[donmeaker]

No. Refloated Merrimac didn’t get to Mississippi, or New England. There were some wild stories in the papers. The engines, after being raised, were not up to much. Due to the weight of its iron slabs, it was hardly seaworthy.