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Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing) 29 1 Browse Search
Robert Underwood Johnson, Clarence Clough Buell, Battles and Leaders of the Civil War: The Opening Battles. Volume 1. 12 0 Browse Search
Benson J. Lossing, Pictorial Field Book of the Civil War. Volume 1. 10 0 Browse Search
Rebellion Record: a Diary of American Events, Diary from December 17, 1860 - April 30, 1864 (ed. Frank Moore) 9 1 Browse Search
The Daily Dispatch: May 8, 1862., [Electronic resource] 8 0 Browse Search
Southern Historical Society Papers, Volume 11. (ed. Reverend J. William Jones) 8 0 Browse Search
Rebellion Record: a Diary of American Events: Documents and Narratives, Volume 4. (ed. Frank Moore) 6 0 Browse Search
John G. Nicolay, A Short Life of Abraham Lincoln, condensed from Nicolay and Hayes' Abraham Lincoln: A History 6 0 Browse Search
Maj. Jed. Hotchkiss, Confederate Military History, a library of Confederate States Military History: Volume 3, Virginia (ed. Clement Anselm Evans) 6 0 Browse Search
James Barnes, author of David G. Farragut, Naval Actions of 1812, Yank ee Ships and Yankee Sailors, Commodore Bainbridge , The Blockaders, and other naval and historical works, The Photographic History of The Civil War: in ten volumes, Thousands of Scenes Photographed 1861-65, with Text by many Special Authorities, Volume 6: The Navy. (ed. Francis Trevelyan Miller) 6 0 Browse Search
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The Daily Dispatch: May 24, 1862., [Electronic resource], article 1 (search)
ord protection to Norfolk as well as the James river, which replaced me in my original position." Why did he not state that his "original position" was in the Elizabeth river, a short distance below Craney Island, which position only protected Norfolk, when, by Lying in the Mouth of the James river, he protected Norfolk and at the dore Tatnall had to go to Norfolk with the Virginia, to get water, provisions, &c. This we deny, because the Virginia might have been kept in the mouth of the Elizabeth river or in the mouth of the James river, and water, provisions, coal — yea, all she required, could have been carried down the rivers to her without the slightest going up to Norfolk and leaving the James river Entirely open and Exposed to the enemy! And even when the "Virginia" was not at the Navy-Yard she lay in the Elizabeth river just below Craney Island, instead of lying in the mouth of the James river, where she protected both Richmond and Norfolk. We now come to the assertion w