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The Daily Dispatch: April 2, 1862., [Electronic resource], Unionism in the South. (search)
Secretary ordered the work to commence forth with. Experiments to determine the mode of applying the armor, and to fix the dimensions of its parts, were conducted by Lieutenant Brooke. From the moment that the plan was adopted, the Secretary of the Navy urged the work forward with all the means at the command of the Government, and without regard to expense. From this date to the day of the Virginia's egress from the dock there were from 1,000 to 1,500 men employed on her. The four rifled cannon which were used so effectively on the Virginia were of a plan entirely new, designed by Lieut. Brooke Most of the foregoing facts came to my knowledge long before the completion of the ship — others I obtained recently from reliable sources. I am a private citizen, wholly unconnected with the Confederate or State Government. I thought the public ought to know all these particulars, which reflect so much credit on the Secretary of the Navy and his officers. Justice.