CSS Virginia: Sink Before Surrender Drinkware and inequality

and inequality

The Fee for Flying the Flag

torian@norfolk

working in lockstep with the Navy

Publication Date: 30th October 2009

CSS Virginia: Sink Before Surrender Drinkware and inequalityWhen the CSS Virginia (Merrimack) slowly steamed down the Elizabeth River toward Hampton Roads on March 8, 1862, the tide of naval warfare turned from wooden sailing ships to armored, steam powered vessels. Little did the ironclad's crew realize that their makeshift warship would achieve the greatest Confederate naval victory. The trip was thought by most of the crew to be a trial cruise. Instead, the Virginia's aggressive commander, Franklin