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To: Owl558

Yes I think the Merrimack was scuttled. But the way the CSS Virginia went up and down the Missippi blowing up ships and port facilities would have done it proud.


7 posted on 03/08/2013 2:10:50 PM PST by Telepathic Intruder (The only thing the Left has learned from the failures of socialism is not to call it that)
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To: Telepathic Intruder

When was the CSS Virginia on the Mississippi, and how did it get there?


15 posted on 03/08/2013 3:14:12 PM PST by Sherman Logan
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To: Telepathic Intruder

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


26 posted on 03/08/2013 11:57:39 PM PST by donmeaker (Blunderbuss: A short weapon, ... now superceded in civilized countries by more advanced weaponry.)
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