Pages in the CSS Virginia Web Site

This is a complete list of all web pages (with information) in the CSS Virginia Web Site. All of these pages are Copyright 1996-2002 by Mabry Tyson.

Main Directory

index.htm Top level frame.

• indx.htm Table of contents to main pages.
  title.htm Title page.
  changes.htm List of recent changes.
  intro.htm Introduction page.
  projects.htm Suggestions of research projects
  name.htm About the name of the ship (vs "Merrimac").
  • sage.html Hampton Roads Naval Museum Bamboozle award for the most confusing name.

  desc.htm Description of the ship.

  • amftshps.htm Dictionary of American Fighting Ships description of the Virginia.
    ships.htm Dict. of Amer. Fighting Ships description of other ships at Hampton Roads.

  convert.htm Information about the conversion to an ironclad.
  map-hr.htm Map of Hampton Roads.
  battle.htm About the Battle of Hampton Roads.

  • march8.htm Catesby ap Roger Jones's description of March 8, 1862.
    mar8time.htm Timeline of events on March 8, 1862.
    march9.htm Catesby ap Roger Jones's description of March 9, 1862.
    mar9time.htm Timeline of events on March 9, 1862.
    whowon.htm Comments on the outcome of the battle with the Monitor.

  afterbtl.htm Information about the Virginia and her crew after March 9.
  images index.htm Images of the Virginia, the Monitor, and their crews.

  • Monitor images index.htm Images of the sunken Monitor.
  • Gun images index.htm Images of one of the Virginia's guns.

  crew index.htm Information about the crews of the ships.

  • Virginia crew index.htm Information about the crew of the Virginia.
    • crewlist.htm Information about the Navy and Marines on the Virginia.
      • jotatt2.htm Biography of Josiah Tattnall.
      • buchanan.htm Incomplete biography of Franklin Buchanan.
    • muster.htm The muster roll of the Virginia.
    • unitart.htm Information about the United Artillery members.
    • othercrw.htm Information about the others in the crew of the Virginia.
  • Monitor crew index.htm Information about the crew of the Monitor.
  • Beaufort crew index.htm: Info about the Beaufort and her crew.
  • Congress crew index.htm Information (a little) about the crew of the Congress.
    • hdmanley.htm Biography of Henry DeHaven Manley, Master.
  • Jamestown crew index.htm: Information about the Jamestown/Thomas Jefferson and her crew.
  • Patrick Henry crew index.htm: Info about the Patrick Henry and her crew
  • lovett.htm: Biography of John Allen Lovett
  • Raleigh crew index.htm: Info about the Raleigh and her crew
  • St. Lawrence crew index.htm: Info about the St. Lawrence and her crew
  • Teaser crew index.htm: Info about the Teaser and her crew

  original index.htm Links to original documents at this site and elsewhere.

  • ba620310.htm Baltimore American description of the battle (March 10, 1862)
  • ba620411.htm Baltimore American description of the second visit of the Virginia (April 11, 1862)
  • bjm1891.htm John Mercer Brooke's article in response to John L. Porter's dispute as to who planned the Virginia (SHSP 1891)
    bj87bl.htm Brooke's Battles & Leaders article on the planning of the CSS Virginia. (1887)
    ch620312.htm Charleston Mercury description of the battle (March 12, 1862)
    cr1907.htm Richard Curtis's description of the battles (1907).
    cr85cent.htm R.E. Colston's description of the battles (1885).
    cw04shsp.htm Wm. R. Cline's description in the Newport News. (April 1, 1904).
    ej16shsp.htm Capt. Eggleston's description of the battles (SHSP 1916).
    ej74fox.htm John Ericsson's letter to G.V. Fox (Nov. 24, 1874) objecting to discussions of the battle.
    fg620309.htm G. V. Fox report of Monitor-Virginia battle to Gideon Welles (Mar. 9, 1862)
    fg620310.htm G. V. Fox relieving Lt. Green of command of the Monitor (Mar. 10, 1862).
    dhm620324.htm H. DeHaven Manley of the Congress letter about the battle (Mar. 24, 1862)
    hj00cvet.htm John F. Higgins description of the career of the "Merrimac", (1900).
    jc74shsp.htm Catesby ap Roger Jones letter to the SHSP & article on the Virginia (1874).
    lg120323.htm Norfolk Ledger-Dispatch (Mar 1912) including a partial copy of Norfolk Day-Book's 1862 article plus updates.
    lon6204.htm The Illustrated London News article of April 5, 1862, primarily containing Jones's report to Buchanan and the Norfolk Day-Book account.
    mj620309.htm Flag Officer John Marrston's report to Gideon Welles of March 8-9, 1862. (March 9, 1862)
    monlog.htm The Monitor's logbook entry for March 9, 1862.
    mrcarj.htm Minor's "Sketch of Catesby ap Roger Jones" (date unknown, before 1891).
    ms620329.htm Mallory's report to Confed. Congress about who planned the Virginia. (March 29, 1862)
    nv92shsp.htm Virginius Newton's description of the battles and the Virginia from the Richmond Dispatch (Feb. 1892).
    nw78shsp.htm Col. William Norris's story of the Virginia. (SHSP 1916)
    oconnor.htm Letters from a private aboard the Cumberland. (March 1862).
    pa1862.htm Extract of report of Austin Pendergast of the Congress (March 8, 1862)
    pd87cent.htm Dinwiddie B. Phillips "The Career of the Merrimac" (Southern Bivouac, March 1887)
    pj87bl.htm John L. Porter's Battles & Leaders article on the planning and construction of the CSS Virginia.
    pr620410.htm "Reception of the Heroes of the Congress and Cumberland" at New York, April 10, 1862.
    recovery.htm The Norfolk Virginian articles in 1874 and 1876 about recovery efforts on the Virginia.
    rh1912.htm H. Ashton Ramsay's article in Harper's Weekly (Feb. 1912).
    rs620310.htm Letter in Raleigh Standard about the battles of March 8-9, 1862 (March 10, 1862)
    rw620310.htm Radford's report to Welles of the loss of the Cumberland, along with wounded & Morris's report (March 10, 1862)
    sa620309.htm Alban Stimer's letter to Ericsson about the battle (March 9, 1862)
    smitha62.htm A.B.Smith, pilot of the Cumberland, statement of the battle (1862)
    sp611016.htm The Valley Spirit (Chambersburg, PA) note in October 1861 on the conversion of the Merrimack.
    sto93.htm Lt. Selfridge's article about the Cumberland (1893)
    va910325.htm The Norfolk Virginian article covering a talk by Capt. E.V. White. (March 1891).
    vb620310.htm Van Brunt's report from the Minnesota of the battles (March 10, 1862)
    wev1906.htm E.V. White's booklet on the battle (1906).
    wg620310.htm Letter of George Weber (on the Patrick Henry), March 10, 1862.
    wg620413.htm Letter of George Weber (on the Patrick Henry), April 13, 1862.
    wg6208.htm Letter of George Weber, August 1862.
    wj85cent.htm John Taylor Wood's description of the battle (1885).
    ww620308.htm Report of March 8 by Capt. Wm. Watson of the Dragon (March 8, 1862)
    glossary.htm A small glossary of terms in the historical documents.

  misc.htm Other miscellaneous information.
  135anniv index.htm Pictures and info about the 135th Anniversary Reenactment.
  internet.htm Other information around the Internet closely related to the Virginia.
  cwlinks.htm Links to related information around the Internet.
  

  • linkvm.htmLinks to sites about theVirginia and Monitor
  • linkmon.htmLinks to sites about the Monitor
  • linkiron.htmLinks to sites about ironclads
  • linkmusm.htmLinks to museums
  • linkgov.htmLinks to government sources
  • linkuniv.htmLinks to university sources
  • linkmag.htmLinks to magazines and journals
  • linkmusc.htmLinks to music sources
  • linkreen.htmLinks to reenactor sites
  • linklink.htmLinks to sites with lots of links
  • linkothr.htmLinks to other sites
  • linkmisc.htmLinks to miscellaneous sites
  biblio.htm A bibliography listing various source of information about the Virginia.
  biblio-other.htm Some other nonVirginia bibliographic sources.
  award.htm UDC Jefferson Davis Historical Gold Medal award
  search.htm: Allows searching the website 

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