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Marker on the Chesapeake Bay
Photographer: Bill Coughlin
Taken: August 11, 2008
Caption: Marker on the Chesapeake Bay
Additional Description: On March 8, 1862, the C.S.S. Virginia, a Confederate ironclad ram, attacked several Union ships in Hampton Roads. The Virginia sank the U.S.S.Cumberland, heavily damaged the U.S.S. Congress and ran the U.S.S. Minnesota aground while suffering little damage to itself.
Submitted: August 11, 2008, by Bill Coughlin of Woodland Park, New Jersey.
Database Locator Identification Number: p31296
File Size: 1.191 Megabytes

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