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Park honors Union admiral, a first for this southern city
When Virginia seceded from the Union, his loyalty to the United States led him to flee north and continue to serve with the Union Navy — a "betrayal" that residents of this southern city didn't forget.
By Ryan Murphy, The Virginian-Pilot
This famous Navy warship sank on New Year’s Eve
"Our little vessel was lost, and we, in months gone by, had learned to love her, felt a strange pang go through us as we remembered that never more might we tread her deck, or gather in her little cabin at evening."
By Olav Thulesius, Civil War Times Magazine
The Navy’s big green monster!
It wasn't the last expensive Navy project to suffer long delays before flopping during operations at sea.
By Ron Soodalter, America's Civil War Magazine
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