Identifier: civilwarthroughc00elso (find matches)
Title: The Civil War through the camera : hundreds of vivid photographs actually taken in Civil War times, together with Elson's new history
Year: 1912 (1910s)
Authors: Elson, Henry William, 1857- Brady, Mathew B., ca. 1823-1896 Civil War Semi-centennial Society Patriot Pub. Co., Springfield, Mass
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Publisher: Springfield, Mass. : Patriot Pub. Co.
Contributing Library: Lincoln Financial Collection
Digitizing Sponsor: The Institute of Museum and Library Services through an Indiana State Library LSTA Grant

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THE CHEESE BOX THAT MADE HISTORYAS IT APPEARED FOUR MONTHS LATER In this remarkable view of the Monitors turret, taken in July, 1862, is seen as clearly as on the dayafter the great battle the effect of the Confederate fire upon Ericssons novel craft. As the two vessels ap-proached each other about half-past eight on that immortal Sunday morning, the men within the turretwaited anxiously for the first shot of their antagonist. It soon came from her bow gun and went wide of themark. The Virginia no longer had the broadside of a wooden ship at which to aim. Not until theMonitor was alongside the big ironclad at close range came the order Begin firing to the men in thecheese box. Then the gun-ports of the turret were triced back, and it began to revolve for the first timein battle. As soon as the guns were brought to bear, two 11-inch solid shot struck the Virginias armor;almost immediately she replied with her broadside, and Lieutenant Greene and his gunners listenedanxiously to the she

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