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Monitor and the Merrimac, by J. L. Worden et al.
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Title: The Monitor and the Merrimac Both sides of the story
Author: J. L. Worden et al.
Release Date: February 15, 2008 [EBook #24612]
Language: English
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[Illustration: Courtesy of the Century Co.
THE "MONITOR" THE "MERRIMAC"
THE ENCOUNTER AT SHORT RANGE, MARCH 9, 1862.]
THE MONITOR AND THE MERRIMAC
BOTH SIDES OF THE STORY
TOLD BY LIEUT. J.L. WORDEN, U.S.N. LIEUT. GREENE, U.S.N. OF THE MONITOR
AND
H. ASHTON RAMSAY, C.S.N. CHIEF ENGINEER OF THE MERRIMAC
ILLUSTRATED
HARPER & BROTHERS PUBLISHERS NEW YORK AND LONDON MCMXII
COPYRIGHT, 1912, BY HARPER & BROTHERS
PRINTED IN THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA
PUBLISHED MARCH, 1912
CONTENTS
CHAP. PAGE
Introduction vii
I. THE MONITOR AND THE MERRIMAC 1 Told by Lieutenant Worden and Lieutenant S.D. Greene of the Monitor
II. THE MERRIMAC AND THE MONITOR 25 Told