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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) 182 0 Browse Search
Southern Historical Society Papers, Volume 19. (ed. Reverend J. William Jones) 74 0 Browse Search
Thomas Wentworth Higginson, Massachusetts in the Army and Navy during the war of 1861-1865, vol. 2 62 0 Browse Search
The Annals of the Civil War Written by Leading Participants North and South (ed. Alexander Kelly McClure) 60 0 Browse Search
Elias Nason, McClellan's Own Story: the war for the union, the soldiers who fought it, the civilians who directed it, and his relations to them. 31 1 Browse Search
John G. Nicolay, A Short Life of Abraham Lincoln, condensed from Nicolay and Hayes' Abraham Lincoln: A History 30 0 Browse Search
Southern Historical Society Papers, Volume 11. (ed. Reverend J. William Jones) 28 0 Browse Search
Robert Underwood Johnson, Clarence Clough Buell, Battles and Leaders of the Civil War: The Opening Battles. Volume 1. 24 0 Browse Search
Caroline E. Whitcomb, History of the Second Massachusetts Battery of Light Artillery (Nims' Battery): 1861-1865, compiled from records of the Rebellion, official reports, diaries and rosters 20 0 Browse Search
The writings of John Greenleaf Whittier, Volume 4. (ed. John Greenleaf Whittier) 18 0 Browse Search
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Browsing named entities in Comte de Paris, History of the Civil War in America. Vol. 1. (ed. Henry Coppee , LL.D.). You can also browse the collection for Merrimac or search for Merrimac in all documents.

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Comte de Paris, History of the Civil War in America. Vol. 1. (ed. Henry Coppee , LL.D.), Book II:—secession. (search)
o the Union, and, taking advantage of his weakness, persuaded him to suspend the execution of an order just received from Washington, in consequence of which the Merrimac, of more value to him than all the other vessels then at Norfolk, was getting ready to go to sea. On the following day they all tendered their resignations, and ld do nothing more than set fire to the vessels, which the Confederates might otherwise have easily raised again; some were completely consumed, others, like the Merrimac, foundered before they had been destroyed by the fire. There only remained afloat the Cumberland and the Pawnee, which had brought Paulding over; this officer, undant resources in artillery and materiel of every description in Norfolk; the fire was soon extinguished, the docks repaired, and they succeeded in raising the Merrimac, which we shall see at work the following year. Fort Monroe had just been occupied by a small Federal garrison. Its loss would have been even more disastrous
Comte de Paris, History of the Civil War in America. Vol. 1. (ed. Henry Coppee , LL.D.), Book IV:—the first autumn. (search)
lar navy, was entrusted with the task of thus transforming a high-pressure steamer with double engines which lay in the port of New Orleans. The deck was cut away and replaced by an iron-plated roof, into which were introduced a few port-holes. The bow was remodelled above the water-line, and so shaped as to leave room for a gun firing point blank, while below the water-line she was armed with a powerful iron spike. This vessel, called the Manassas, was to serve as a model to the famous Merrimac, of which we shall soon have to speak. A flotilla of seven small armed steamers was collected to support her operations. Hollins had been for some days watching the movements of the Federals, who were beginning to lose faith in the existence of that Manassas which had been so long talked about. Finally, on the 12th of October, taking advantage of a very dark night, he moved off. The Manassas led the way with all her port-holes carefully closed; having no masts and presenting only a low
Comte de Paris, History of the Civil War in America. Vol. 1. (ed. Henry Coppee , LL.D.), Book V:—the first winter. (search)
lan, while the Federals made use of the other half. At the end of June, 1861, he was directed to modify the hull of the Merrimac in accordance with this plan. The reader will recollect that this fine frigate, which was partially burned, had been sue of their commanders were to make up for their want of experience. The Monitor was commanded by Lieutenant Worden; the Merrimac, which had just been named the Virginia, by Captain Buchanan, a former officer of the Federal navy. On quitting the m and St. Lawrence, the sailing sloop of war Cumberland, and the two steam frigates Roanoke and Minnesota, sisters of the Merrimac. But the Roanoke, which carried Captain Marston's pennant, was deprived, by the breaking of her horizontal shaft, of thes of twenty-four centimetres calibre. For some time past the Federals had been apprised of the work undertaken on the Merrimac, but they believed themselves able to cope with that vessel, and her forthcoming had so frequently been announced in vai