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Frederick H. Dyer, Compendium of the War of the Rebellion: Regimental Histories 237 237 Browse Search
Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing) 96 96 Browse Search
George Bancroft, History of the United States from the Discovery of the American Continent, Vol. 8 32 32 Browse Search
William Tecumseh Sherman, Memoirs of General William T. Sherman . 20 20 Browse Search
Benson J. Lossing, Pictorial Field Book of the Civil War. Volume 3. 16 16 Browse Search
Thomas Wentworth Higginson, Irene E. Jerome., In a fair country 16 16 Browse Search
Maj. Jed. Hotchkiss, Confederate Military History, a library of Confederate States Military History: Volume 3, Virginia (ed. Clement Anselm Evans) 15 15 Browse Search
Benson J. Lossing, Pictorial Field Book of the Civil War. Volume 1. 14 14 Browse Search
Robert Underwood Johnson, Clarence Clough Buell, Battles and Leaders of the Civil War. Volume 4. 14 14 Browse Search
Robert Underwood Johnson, Clarence Clough Buell, Battles and Leaders of the Civil War: Volume 2. 14 14 Browse Search
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The Daily Dispatch: July 25, 1862., [Electronic resource], The Destruction of the "Virginia"--Com Tatnall Acquitted. (search)
there were no available means of bringing her down to her proper draft and fighting trim, and that she had but two small boats, each capable of landing not more than fifteen or eighteen men at a time, even in smooth water. Such being the facts and circumstances under the influence of which the Virginia found herself after the evacuation of Norfolk, it was, in the opinion of the Court, only necessary for the enemy to continue to refuse battle, as he had done since it was first offered by Captain Tatnall early in April, and thenceforward to keep a strict watch about the Virginia, in order, when her provisions were exhausted, to make her his prize and the crew his prisoners. Being thus situated, the only alternative, in the opinion of the Court, was to abandon and burn the ship, then and there, which, in the judgment of the Court, was deliberately and wisely done by order of the accused. Wherefore, the Court do award to the said Captain Josiah Tatnall an honorable acquittal.