Statistics for occurrence #1 of “Sewell's Point” in chapter 12 of Admiral David D. Porter, The Naval History of the Civil War.:
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The Monitor was kept well in advance and so that the Merrimac could have engaged her without difficulty had she been so disposed, but she declined to do so, and soon returned and anchored under Sewell's Point .
This disposes of the statement that the Federal Squadron retired before the Merrimac and consorts, for the writer can find nothing on record to substantiate the Confederate account.
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† | Sewell's Point (Virginia, United States) | 915 | 40 | 7 | 0 | 0 user votes |
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