Excerpt from Battle Between the Merrimac and the Monitor<br><br>Rimac during the engagement between her and the three wooden ships that blockaded the James River, and also the next day between the Merri mac and the Monitor. The Merrimac was also called The Virginia and the Monitor was also called The Ericson Battery. There being so many survivors and last survivor of the Merri mac, 1 wish to prove my claim by living witnesses that l was one of the boys who took part in the first battle between iron clads in the history of the world. By calling on Mr. W K. Boggan, our Clerk of the Superior Court, he will show you a list of the names of Anson Guards and where my name appears as having been transferred to the Navy. Our regiment was then stationed near, Smithfield, Virginia, not very far from Portsmouth, where the Merrimac was being made ready for the coming conflict. But if I had no further proof, the fact that l was transferred to the Navy would not make good my claim that l was one of the crew of the Merrimac, for I might have been sent to some other port and some other ship and still have been in the Navy. My next witness.<br><br>About the Publisher<br><br>Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com<br><br>This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.