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Comte de Paris, History of the Civil War in America. Vol. 1. (ed. Henry Coppee , LL.D.), Book V:—the first winter. (search)
mean while, during the calm of a beautiful spring morning, the Confederates were making active preparations for battle. Five steamers, formerly employed as packets on the Chesapeake, had been armed, the Patrick Henry with six guns, the Jamestown with two, and each of the other three with one. This flotilla had descended the James River, and passing off Newport News during the night stood in for the Virginia, which, on the morning of the 8th, was coming out of the port of Norfolk, near Nansemond River, under the command of Captain Buchanan. At one o'clock in the afternoon the lookout on the Congress discovered the Confederate steamers descending with the tide towards Newport News; in their midst the armored hull of the Virginia was perceived. The enemy so long expected was easily recognized, and orders were immediately given to clear the decks for action. But the Cumberland and the Congress were out of reach of all assistance and unable to manoeuvre by themselves. Buchanan took