Commodore Josiah Tattnall, III, orders that the CSS Virginia be burned and scuttled to prevent its use by the Navy of the united States.
NOTE: This was necessary as there was no longer a port at which the Virginia could dock.
[restored 2/15/2025]
Subsequent Events:
References:
Bruce Catton, The Civil War, (New York: American Heritage, 1960; Boston: Houghton-Mifflin, 1987), 288.
Calvin D. Linton, ed., The Bicentennial Almanac: 200 Years of America, 1776-1976, (Nashville, Tennessee: Thomas Nelson, 1975), 170.
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