Dodge, Mary Mapes, 1830-1905 · [New York : Scribner & Co.] · leaf 453
emorrow. For it was not only that the victory ofthe Union was delayed, that its forces were resisted,its ships destroyed, but disaster might be carriedto any one of the harbors or cities of the Atlanticby this one vessel, which could find no opponentto withstand her, since she was herself… … I HE ENGAGEMENT BETWEEN THE MONITOR AND THE MERRIMAC At the South, on the other hand, the rejoicingwas extravagant. The result itself was exagger-ated; the wildest hopes were cherished. The block-ade was to be raised, the war ended, the South to bemade independent — all because of the Merrimac.On…
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