Statistics for occurrence #1 of “Elizabeth River” in chapter 8 of James Barnes, author of David G. Farragut, Naval Actions of 1812, Yank ee Ships and Yankee Sailors, Commodore Bainbridge , The Blockaders, and other naval and historical works, The Photographic History of The Civil War: in ten volumes, Thousands of Scenes Photographed 1861-65, with Text by many Special Authorities, Volume 6: The Navy.:
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It was a task of surpassing difficulty and danger that confronted Captain Buchanan when the Virginia shipped her anchors on March 8, 1862, and steamed down Elizabeth River to fight a fleet of the most powerful line-of-battle ships in the Federal navy, lying under the guns of formidable land batteries.
The Virginia's trial trip was this voyage into imminent battle; n...
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