Remarks Saturday May 10th/62 Midnight to 4 A.M Fine easterly breeze and clear. Lights moving off Willoughby point Louis Stodder From 4 to 8 AM Weather fine & pleasant with gentle breeze from the westward Geo. Frederickson From 8 to Meridian Wind strong & westward, weather fair [...]
On this day, the Monitor was joined in Hampton Roads by another ironclad – the USS Galena. You might say they were cousins, since the Galena was championed by Cornelius Bushnell and built with iron supplied by John Winslow and John Griswold. In fact, many of the documents relating to the Monitor‘s construction contain material relating [...]
Remarks Tuesday April 22nd/62 From Midnight to 4 AM Fresh breezes from S.W. & fine clear weather William Flye From 4 to 8 AM Wind & weather same E.V. Gager From 8 to Meridian Wind west & clear Baltimore boat not arrived, deserter from Norfolk came on board [...]
Remarks Saturday March 29th/62 From Midnight to 4 A.M Fresh breezes from east & clear weather ship very uncomfortable from quantity of water swishing over her decks William Flye From 4 to 8 AM wind east 5 AM cloudy weather & AM workmen came off to work on Pilothouse E.V.Gager From 8 to [...]
On May 30, 1861, Barnabas and Joseph Baker of the B & J Baker Co. of 3 Campbell’s Wharf, in Norfolk, VA, raised the burned-out hull of the Merrimack from the Elizabeth River. Barnabas, who lived in Portsmouth, and Joseph, who lived in Berkeley, along with their partner E.M. Stoddard of Portsmouth prided themselves on [...]
