Joanne, maybe I am confused, but I think we are talking "apples and
oranges" here.  Per the website that I provided, Hunter Davidson attacked
the Minnesota with the boat the Squib in 1864 with a spar torpedoe.  That
attack had nothing to do whatsoever with the CSS Virginia.  Hunter was
promoted to Commander for THIS attack in 1864, not for anything he
specifically did while assigned to the CSS Virginia earlier.  Perhaps you
thought the author of that website was talking about the CSS Virginia
doing something in 1864?  I guess it was just "fate" that the Minnesota
had encounters with both the CCS Virgina and the Squib, and that Hunter
Davidson was associated with both vessels.

Based on the above, I assume that the author of the website has the
correct date, unless someone has other information.  Since the author
provided the specific day of the above event, I suspect that the
information came from some documented source.

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