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	CSS Virginia - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		CSS Virginia was an ironclad warship of the Confederate States Navy during the American Civil War (built using the remains of the scuttled USS Merrimack).
		Virginia was unable to retreat further up the James River due to her deep draft, nor was she seaworthy enough to enter the ocean.
		Some of the iron mined at Merrimac, Virginia and used in the plating on the confederate ironclad is displayed at the Norfolk Naval Shipyard in Portsmouth, Virginia.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/CSS_Virginia (1179 words)

	Confederate States Navy - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		She was among the few submarines of the war, and of the few submarines to have existed since the Turtle of the American Revolutionary War.
		The CSS Shenandoah fired the last shot of the American Civil War in late June 1865, and finally surrendered in early November 1865.
		There was however a CSS United States, the name of the USS United States in 1861–1862, when she was used by the CSN.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Confederate_States_Navy (400 words)

	Sons of Confederate Veterans - Camp 2062 Ventura County, CA
		The SCV is the direct heir of the United Confederate Veterans, and the oldest hereditary organization for male descendants of Confederate soldiers.
		Organized at Richmond, Virginia in 1896, the SCV continues to serve as a historical, patriotic, and non-political organization dedicated to insuring that a true history of the 1861-1865 period is preserved.
		CSS Virginia Camp 2062 organized on July 20, 2002 in Thousand Oaks, California, in order to serve the needs of members in the north and west San Fernando Valley, the Santa Clarita Valley, and Ventura County.
	www.geocities.com /scvcamp2062 (280 words)

	135ANNIV--CSS Virginia Home Page
		Virginia landsman, William W. Douglass, was apparently a relative.
		The highlight of the reenactment was the mock battle of the ironclads by one-fifth-sized replicas of the Virginia and the Monitor.
		Proceeds of the events (the reenactment was free to the public) are being used to continue restoration of the Cedar Grove Cemetery in Portsmouth.
	members.aol.com /vacsn/135anniv (971 words)

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		Commissioned as CSS VIRGINIA 17 February 1862, the ironclad was the hope of the Confederacy to destroy the wooden ships in Hampton Roads and to end the Union blockade which had already seriously hurt the South.
		As CSS BEAUFORT and RALEIGH approached CONGRESS to receive the surrender of her crew, Federal troops ashore, not understanding the situation, opened a withering fire and wounded Buchanan, who retaliated by ordering hot shot and incendiary shell to be pored into CONGRESS.
		MONITOR's mission was to contain VIRGINIA in support of General McClellan's campaign on the peninsula, and VIRGINIA safeguarded the important Norfolk area and the mouth of the James River.
	www.ibiblio.org /pub/academic/history/marshall/military/USN/monitors/virginia.txt (994 words)

	Ships of the World: An Historical Encyclopedia - - CSS Virginia (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		Virginia's first victim was the 24-gun USS Cumberland, which opened fire at 1400 at a range of 1,500 yards.
		As Virginia closed with the stranded frigate at 0800 on the morning of May 9, the "cheesebox on a raft" steamed out to meet her.
		Virginia's deep draft precluded her moving up the James, and she was blown up on May 11, 1862.
	college.hmco.com /history/readerscomp/ships/html/sh_097700_cssvirginia.htm (929 words)

	CSS Virginia model
		The CSS Virginia was constructed from the hull of the frigate USS Merrimack, which burned and sank at Portsmouth, Virgina, upon the evacuation of Union forces from that area in 1861.
		She was constructed of wood with layers of sheet iron and had 10 guns, as well as a crew of 320 officers and men.
		In March 1862, at the Battle of Hampton Roads, the Virginia dispatched the USS Cumberland by ramming and destroyed the USS Congress by fire before engaging the USS Monitor.
	www.civilwar.si.edu /navies_cssvirginia.html (107 words)

	Confederate Navy
		COLUMBIA CSS COLUMBIA, an uncommonly strong ironclad ram, was constructed under contract at Charleston, S.C., in 1864, of yellow pine and white oak with iron fastenings and 6-inch iron plating.
		NEUSE CSS NEUSE was a steam sloop built in 1863-64 for the Confederate Navy by Elliot Smith and Co. at Kinston, N.C., on the Neuse River.
		VIRGINIA II CSS VIRGINIA II was laid down at the Confederate Navy Yard at Richmond in 1863.
	www.civilwarhistory.com /navy/CSSNavy.htm (4312 words)

	Ships Named Virginia (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		CSS VIRGINIA was destoyed at Craney Island in May of 1862 to prevent her from falling into the hands of the advancing Union forces.
		She was launched under the sponsorship of Miss Gay Montague, daughter of the the Governor of Virginia, on April 5, 1904.
		USS VIRGINIA later served the country throughout World War I and afterwards was used as a bombing target to display the effectiveness of aircraft against naval vessels.
	home.comcast.net /~cgn38/otherships (687 words)

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		CSS VIRGINIA was built at Boston Navy Yard as the frigate MERRIMACK, commissioned 20 February 1856, Capt. G.
		Commissioned on 17 February 1862, as CSS VIRGINIA, the ironclad was the hope of the Confederacy to wreak havoc among the wooden ships in Hampton Roads and end the blockade's strangulation.
		CSS VIRGINIA II was laid down at the Confederate Navy Yard at Richmond in 1863.
	www.ibiblio.org /pub/academic/history/marshall/military/civil_war_usa/C.S.N./v.txt (1652 words)

	Confederate Ships--CSS Virginia (1862-1862)
		When Virginia returned to Hampton Roads to attack the grounded steam frigate Minnesota, she found the Union's own pioneer ironclad, USS Monitor, waiting.
		Virginia, repaired and strengthened at the Norfolk Navy Yard, reentered the Hampton Roads area on 11 April and 8 May, but no further combat with the Monitor resulted.
		CSS Virginia's wreck was largely removed between 1866 and 1876.
	www.history.navy.mil /photos/sh-us-cs/csa-sh/csash-sz/virginia.htm (941 words)

	Civil War Naval Actions -- CSS Virginia destroys USS Cumberland and USS Congress
		At mid-day on 8 March 1862, CSS Virginia (formerly USS Merrimack, and persistently mid-identified by that name or as "Merrimac") steamed down the Elizabeth River from Norfolk and entered Hampton Roads.
		As Virginia crossed the Roads, looking (as one witness described her) "like the roof of a very big barn belching forth smoke as from a chimney on fire", the Union ships called their crews to quarters and prepared for action.
		Oil painting by Edward Moran (1829-1901), depicting CSS Virginia (ex-USS Merrimack) ramming USS Cumberland in the teeth of a broadside from the wooden warship.
	history.navy.mil /photos/events/civilwar/n-at-cst/hr-james/8mar62.htm (1175 words)

	Excite España - Búsqueda Web - Resultados con: CSs Virginia
		The Battle between the USS Monitor and the CSS Virginia is one of the greatest Naval battles in history.
		The Union ship that was burned at Gosport Navy Yard in Norfolk VA and made into the Confederate CSS Virginia was the Merrimack, not the Merrimac.
		The Monitor, which fought to a draw with the Confederate ironclad CSS Virginia -- formerly the USS Merrimack -- in March 1862, later sank in...
	www.excite.es /search/web/results?q=CSs+Virginia (203 words)

	CSS Virginia (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		On April 17, 1861, three days after the fall of Fort Sumter, the state of Virginia seceded from the Union.
		Building the ironclad warship took almost a year, but on March 8, 1862, the newly christened CSS Virginia, resembling "a floating barn roof", steamed out into Hampton Roads- straight toward the blockading Union ships.
		Fascinating Fact: The first orders for the CSS Virginia's captain, Franklin Buchanan, were to make a trial run to test the ship.
	civilwar.bluegrass.net /ShipsBlockadesAndRaiders/cssvirginia.html (381 words)

	CSS Virginia
		Memorial to the Crew of the CSS Virginia Cedar Grove Cemetery, Portsmouth, Virginia Erected by Stonewall Camp #380, SCV
		On the Virginia two (or perhaps three) were killed (by the Cumberland) and eight or nineteen wounded on March 8, 1862 (eight per Jones in his report to the Confederate Congress March 10, 1862; nineteen per Jones, in 1874 quoting "the official").
		Kevill's company was Company E of the 41st Regiment of the Virginia Infantry (later with the 19th Virginia Battalion Heavy Artillery).
	cssvirginia.org /vacsn3/crew/virginia (802 words)

	The Fate of the CSS Virginia
		After the fierce battles of March 8 and 9, 1862, the CSS Virginia returned to her dock at the Gosport Navy Yard.
		As the evacuation of Norfolk and Portsmouth got under weigh on May 10, 1862, the officers and crew of the CSS Virginia were left with few options.
		The paper printed a letter from a local man who claimed that he had two of the Virginia’s timbers that were used as part of the foundation for his house that was built by his father.
	home.att.net /~iron.clad/thefateofthecssva.html (2726 words)

	Confederate Ships--CSS Virginia II
		CSS Virginia II, a 197-foot long ironclad ram, was built at Richmond, Virginia, and completed in 1864.
		When Richmond was evacuated on 3 April 1865, CSS Virginia II was one of several Confederate Navy ships that had to be destroyed to prevent their capture.
		Virginia II was destroyed when the Confederates evacuated Richmond on 3 April 1865.
	www.history.navy.mil /photos/sh-us-cs/csa-sh/csash-sz/virgna-2.htm (479 words)

	The Battle between the USS Monitor and the CSS Virginia
		he battle that waged on March 9, 1862, between the USS Monitor and the CSS Virginia, formerly the USS Merrimack, is one of the most revolutionary naval battles in world history.
		Like the CSS Virginia, the USS Monitor was expected to sink; it was referred to as "Ericsson's Folly" (Johnson).
		Additions to the Confederate fleet included the CSS Tennessee, a 209 foot long blockade runner with four broadside cannons and pivoted cannons at the bow and stern.
	www.rpi.edu /~fiscap/history_files/monitor.htm (1117 words)

	ipedia.com: CSS Virginia Article (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		When the Commonwealth of Virginia seceded from the Union in 1861, one of the important federal military bases threatened was Norfolk Naval Yard in Portsmouth, Virginia.
		Figuring that cannon would be unable to harm such a ship, and to conserve gunpowder, they equipped the Virginia with a ram -- the first ship so equipped in over a thousand years.
		Supported by the CSS Raleigh and Beaufort, and accompanied by the Patrick Henry, Jamestown, and Teaser, the CSS Virginia took on the blockading fleet.
	www.ipedia.com /css_virginia.html (771 words)

	NORFOLK NAVAL SHIPYARD (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		The CSS VIRGINIA was constructed from the partly burned U.S. steam frigate MERRIMAC in drydock No. 1 at Gosport Navy Yard.
		She entered dock on 30 May 1861 and left dock and attacked the Federal squadron in Hampton Roads on 8 March 1862, engaged the MONITOR on 9 March 1862.
		When the Navy Yard was evacuated by the Confederate forces, the VIRGINIA was found to be too deep for navigation in the James River and to avoid capture was destroyed by her own crew off Craney Island 11 May 1862.
	www.nnsy1.navy.mil /History/VIRGINIB.HTM (103 words)

	Wooden Model Ships - CSS Virginia Ship Model
		The CSS Virginia was built by the Confederacy during the American Civil war.
		On its first day of action in 1862, the Virginia sank two unarmored Union warships, the Cumberland and the Congress, as well as caused a third, the Minnesota, to run aground.
		The Monitor employed a turret which housed two eleven-inch guns, and was built to confront the threat posed by the Confederate ironclads.
	www.woodenmodelships.com /hii-1.shtml (201 words)

	PS06 CSS Virginia (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		The CSS Virginia was built by the Confederates (South) during the American Civil War to try and break the blockade the Union (North) had placed on the Southern ports.
		Based on the hull and machinery of the USS Merrimack, a modern steam frigate, she was built with a iron upperworks or casemate continaining her armament.
		The Virginia met the Union Ironclad USS Monitor at the battle of Hampton Roads on 9th March 1862.
	homepage.ntlworld.com /david.hathaway/ps_web/ps06.htm (131 words)

	Frequently Referenced Vessels \| Bibliographies \| Resources \| Monitor Center
		Following sea trials, the Monitor was ordered to Hampton Roads, Virginia, where she met the CSS Virginia in the first battle of steam-powered ironclad vessels.
		The Virginia was commissioned on February 17, 1862, as a Confederate States Navy ironclad ram at the Norfolk (Gosport) Navy Yard near Portsmouth, Virginia.
		The Virginia had an armored casemate and carried ten guns, eight mounted broadside and one each at the bow and stern.
	www.monitorcenter.org /resources/bibliographies/reffvessels (1225 words)

	CSN Personnel Index, N-Z (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		John Luke Porter, born Portsmouth, Virginia, 1813; previous servi ce in the United States Navy; as Naval Constructor in the Confederate States Navy, assisted in the building of the CSS Virginia and several other Ironclad vessels; died Portsmouth, 1893.
		James M. Sheffield, Landsman, CSS Virginia, was born in 1827 and died in 1895.
		Mathew Sloan, Landsman, CSS Baltic, was born on June 25, 1848 and died on October 8, 1901.
	hub.dataline.net.au /~tfoen/csnindex2.htm (11259 words)

	Introduction \| History \| Monitor Center
		On March 9, 1862, the Civil War battle of Hampton Roads between the ironclads USS Monitor and CSS Virginia (formerly the USS Merrimack) heralded the beginning of a new era in naval warfare.
		Keep in mind that if you are primarily using the left side navigation that The CSS Virginia, The USS Monitor and Chronology each consist of several pages.
		Early Development of Confederate Naval Technology: The CSS Virginia - On the eve of the Civil War Gosport was the largest naval station...
	www.monitorcenter.org /history/introduction (407 words)

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