The naval Battle of Hampton Roads (Virginia) begins: Lieutenant Catesby ap Roger Jones, commanding the ironclad CSS Virginia, sinks the USS Cumberland and severely damages the USS Congress.
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The Battle of Pea Ridge (Arkansas): After two days of fighting, Brigadier General Samuel R. Curtis, commanding the compulsory Union Army of the Southwest, defeats the Confederate (a voluntary union) Trans-Mississippi District, commanded by Major General Earl Van Dorn.
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Subsequent Events:
References:
“Today in History,” Orange County (California) Register, 8 March 2011, News:3.
Bruce Catton, The Civil War, (New York: American Heritage, 1960; Boston: Houghton-Mifflin, 1987), 287.
Battle of Pea Ridge – Wikipedia
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Pea_Ridge
Battle of Hampton Roads – Wikipedia
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Hampton_Roads
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