Excerpt from Civil War Episodes: Monitor and Merrimack; Excerpts From Newspapers and Other Sources
Sometime during this conversation Worden indicated to Lincoln that his vessel might be exposed to attack and capture if it should proceed unattended to Norfolk. Worden’s apprehensions caused Lincoln to write Gideon Welles as follows.
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