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If the official histories all refer to the Virginia, is it really
only poetic license/alliteration that resulted in the Monitor and
Merrimac? Out of curiosity when does "M&M" first show up? Are the
early reports of the Virginia and Monitor? Has anyone ever looked at
the chronology of the use of the names?
On Dec 2, 2005, at 12:25, qvarizona wrote:
> Your points are very well taken, and I agree that it's well to
> remember who wrote most of the books re. the Civil War.
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> Oddly, although the history of the naval battles was written
> mostly by Northerners for reasons you gave, the official US Naval
> records always refer to the CSS Virginia by her new name and not by
> the one she had before being refitted by the Confederates.
>
> Joanne
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