On Sat, 9 Feb 2008 11:04:29 -0800, "Phil Rhodes"
wrote:

CSS Virginia attacks Yankee shipping in Hampton Roads.
http://www.civilwarhome.com/ironclad.htm

"joevan" wrote in message
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I was born and raised just a few miles where that fight took place
just about 80 or so years later.