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Rebellion Record: a Diary of American Events: Documents and Narratives, Volume 4. (ed. Frank Moore), Doc. 82.-fight in Hampton roads, Va., March 8th and 9th, 1862. (search)
ndled her with great skill, assisted by Chief-Engineer Stimers. Lieut. Worden was injured by the cement from the pilot-house being driven intd at all, and the others recovered before the battle was over. Captain Worden stationed himself at the pilot-house, Greene fired the guns, aned, it is said, and the Monitor rushed by, just missing her aim. Capt. Worden is confident that he put three shot through the hull of his antaformidable means of offensive warfare are discoverable. When Lieut. Worden was informed of what had occurred, though his crew were sufferie that the pursuit would have been continued still further, but Lieut. Worden, her commander, had previously had his eyes injured, and it was on the Monitor, it was imprudent to expose her unnecessarily. Lieut. Worden, at the time he was injured, was looking out of the eye-holes o. A round shot from the Merrimac struck against these slits as Lieut. Worden was looking through, causing some scalings from the iron, and f