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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. (ed. Francis Trevelyan Miller), The most famous naval action of the Civil war (search)
n the stream, and farther down toward Fortress Monroe the splendid steam frigates Minnesota and Roanoke, and the sailing frigate St. Lawrence. There were some nondescript vessels and a few decrepit hich were 9-inch; together, their crews amounted to well over a thousand men. The Minnesota and Roanoke had twelve hundred men between them, and carried over eighty 9-inch and 11-inch guns. There aded Merrimac hove in sight, everything had been commotion on board of them. The Minnesota and Roanoke were endeavoring to get up steam, and the St. Lawrence, as well as both of the former vessels, came drifting down the stream, that first the Minnesota, then the St. Lawrence, and lastly the Roanoke went aground, although the two last-named were soon afloat. While the Congress and the shorehe coast to keep up the blockade and circumvent the attempts of such Confederate vessels as the Roanoke to raise it. The upper picture is of especial popular interest; lying to the right of the despa