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Civil War/Civil War Confederate Documents: Confederate Account of the Fight Between the Confederate

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Civil War/Civil War Confederate Documents: Confederate Account of the Fight Between the Confederate
Confederate Account of the Fight Between the Confederate Steamer Atlanta and Two Ironclad Monitors In Warsaw Sound, June 17, 1863. Four-page report from notes taken by Q.S. Kennard, Commanding Naval Squadron, Savannah, Georgia, on board the Steamer Resolute, , 9" x 7.25", Very Fine. Commander W.A. Webb of the Atlanta "left her moorings in Wilmington River...and proceeded into Warsaw Sound, where she attacked two iron clad Monitors lying close in on the Warsaw Island shore." A detailed account of the fight follows, which began at 4:50 AM and ended at 6:20 AM, when "...a wooden gun boat (which was lying behind Cabbage island during the action)...came alongside of the Atlanta and then the U.S. Flag was noticed flying on the Atlanta...." A small archival repair affects two words.