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Re: The Battle of Hampton Roads

It would seem that the repairs and more so the refitting of additional armor, ram and gunport sheilds bought the time that the federals needed to counter the threat and lost the advantage that the Virginia had being only a single ship. It is interesting that the Monitor refused to engage the Virginia again.

I knew that the Virginia was destroyed because she drew too much draft for the James River.

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