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 Posted: Mon Jun 8th, 2009 04:07 pm
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 Letter extract from George T. Sinclair to John M. Brooke regarding C.S.S. Virginia's engagement with the U.S.S. Monitor.:

"The Virginia has had not only the iron destroyed, but the frame work broken in, by the heavy shot of the Erickson, in two places, so you can imagine the force used."