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The CSS Virginia : sink before surrender
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- Creator
- John V. Quarstein
- Format
- Books
- Language
- English
- Publication
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- Charleston, SC : History Press, 2012
- Physical Details
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- 591 pages : illustrations, maps ; 24 cm
- ISBNs
- 9781609495800, 1609495802
- OCLC
- ocn769232611
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Introduction -- "A magnificent specimen of naval architecture" -- Flashpoint : Gosport -- Iron against wood -- The Virginia -- The race for Hampton Roads -- Like a huge half-submerged crocodile -- Aftermath -- Enter the Monitor -- Mistress of the roads -- Equal to five thousand men -- Fire a gun to windward -- Loss and redemption -- I fought in Hampton Roads -- Appendix A. You say Merrimack, I say Virginia -- Appendix B. CSS Virginia designers -- Appendix C. The commanders -- Appendix D. CSS Virginia officers' assignment dates -- Appendix E. Confederate navy volunteers aboard the CSS Virginia -- Appendix F. Confederate marines aboard the CSS Virginia -- Appendix G. Confederate army volunteers aboard the CSS Virginia by unit designation -- Appendix H. CSS Virginia casualties, 8 March 1862 -- Appendix I. CSS Virginia personnel paroled at Appomattox, Virginia, and Greensboro, North Carolina -- Appendix J. CSS Virginia officer assignments, 8 March 1862 -- Appendix K. CSS Virginia dimensions and statistics -- Appendix l. The crew of the CSS Virginia -- Appendix M. Chronology of the CSS Virginia
Subjects
- Virginia (Ironclad)
- Monitor (Ironclad)
- United States. Navy -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865.
- Confederate States of America. Navy -- History.
- Merrimack (Frigate)
- Hampton Roads, Battle of, Va., 1862.
- Armored vessels -- United States -- History -- 19th century.
- Virginia -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 -- Naval operations.
- United States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 -- Naval operations.