Daniel Ammen, Confederate Military History, a library of Confederate States Military History: Volume 7.2, The Atlantic Coast, Chapter VIII Hatteras Inlet—<a target="_blank" onclick="openPopupWindow(this); return false" href="entityvote?doc=Perseus:text:1999.01.0001&auth=tgn,7014345&n=1&type=place">Roanoke Island</a>., page 180

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Chapter 1 : condition of the Navy at the beginning of the war.

Chapter 4 : raid of the Confederate ironclads off Charles -Ton.—attack on Fort M'Allister .

Chapter 6 : the Monitor class of vessels.

Chapter XI Conclusions.

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[180] At 4.30, Pork Point battery and the one next to the northward ceased firing for a time, and five of the enemy's steamers, apparently injured, went behind Wier's Point, and the troops landed. At 5 P. M., the batteries and the enemy's

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steamers again opened fire. In forty minutes these vessels were compelled to retire; one of them in a disabled condition took refuge under Redstone battery. At six, only Pork Point battery was active, and to avoid wasting shells, signal was made to cease firing. In the course of the afternoon

Atlanta, Ga. 1899.

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