^ great feat to turn one of her big gunson a target like the Merrimac at a distance of threeor four miles, and expect to hit her with nearly every shot. … The battle-ship of to-day could have kept completelyout of the range of the ^Merrimacs and the IMon-itors guns while it easily jjroke the vessels to pieceswith her accurately aimed shells. Thus we see how completely the last few decades haverevolutionized the weapons of war. AVhen we considerthe…
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