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Mapping the Battle of Fredericksburg

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For more information about the Battle of Fredericksburg, see the following: Fredericksburg and Spotsylvania National Military Park, Fredericksburg, Virginia. Chapel Hill: University of North Carolina Press, 2002 and 2012). O’Reilly, Francis A. The Fredericksburg Campaign: Winter War on the Rappahannock. Rable, George C.

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Ironclad Navies: The USS Monitor and CSS Virginia during the Civil War

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In late 1862, after supporting numerous military operations near Norfolk and Richmond, the USS Monitor received orders to move south to Beaufort, North Carolina. In 2002, the famous turret was raised from the sea floor. On December 30, 1862, off of the Outer Banks of North Carolina, the Monitor encountered a bad storm.