Excerpt from The First Iron-Clad Naval Engagement in the World: History of the Facts of the Great Naval Battle Between the Merrimac-Virginia, C. S. N. And the Ericsson Monitor, U. S. N. Hampton Roads, March 8 and 9, 1862
As citizens of a government which has aptly and happily been described as an indissoluble union of indestructible states we may contemplate the historic battles of our Civil War as most impressive manifestations of the patriotism, valor and wonderful resources of the-participants therein. And on an issue like the present we shall find something to inspire love of coun try, and admiration for and confidence in the communities that make up the composite people of our great nation.
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