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Rebellion Record: a Diary of American Events: Documents and Narratives, Volume 5. (ed. Frank Moore) 1 1 Browse Search
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The Daily Dispatch: may 20, 1862., [Electronic resource], The destruction of the "Virginia." (search)
protection of the guns of the Fortress, followed by the Virginia until the shells from the Rip Raps passed over her. The Virginia was then placed at her mornings near Sewell's Point, and I returned to Norfolk to hold the conference referred to. It was held on the 9th, and the officers present were Col. Anderson and Capt.--of the army, selected by Gen. Huger, who was too unwell to attend himself, and, of the navy, myself, Commodores Hollins, and Captains Sterrett and Lee, Commander Richard L. Jones, and Lieutenants Ap.Catesby Jones and J. Pembroke Jones. The opinion was unanimous that the Virginia was then employed to the best advantage, and that she should continue, for the present, to protect Norfolk and this afford time to remove the public property. On the next day, at ten o'clock A. M., we observed from the "Virginia" that the flag was not flying on the Sewell's Point Battery, and, that it appeared to have been abandoned. I dispatched Lieut. J. P. Jones, the F