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The Daily Dispatch: may 14, 1862., [Electronic resource], Important naval operations. (search)
ff Sewell's Point, and the Dacotah fired a shot towards Craney Island. A second shot from the Dacotah struck the beaca at Seames river. Presently the Dacotah and Monitor approach Craney Island and Sewell's Point. The Dacotah fires every few minutes alternately at Sewells Point and Craney Island, the enemy making no reply, although all the balls reach their interded dest the Monitor, and shells are falling thickly around her Craney Island is also joining in the fight, and has just thrown severl can be seen moving slowly along shore in front of the Craney Island batteries. Simultaneously with the appearance of the Mmac is lying stationary, about a mile in advance of the Craney Island batteries. (There commenced an important movement whicalted. The Merrimac has run back under the guns of Craney Island, and the Monitor is steaming off towards her at full spfortward, but the Merrimac still lies under the guns of Craney Island. The Monitor is lying about a mile and a half from