From the May 19th Daily Press in Virginia.
Richmond's Museum of the Confederacy is considering opening a satellite unit at Fort Monroe by the Chesapeake Bay where it will have a focus on their naval artifacts. The famous battle between the CSS Virginia and USS Monitor took place near here. Two other locations are being considered at Appomattox and Fredericksburg which will have other emphasis.
The museum has a large naval collection of swords, uniforms and models currently in storage because of lack of viewing space. On group of interest is the uniform, documents and effects of Robert Dabney Minor who was on the CSS Virginia but wounded the first day of battle against the wooden ships, March 8, 1862. His uniform if blue and gray, the blue from his days in the US Navy before the war.
The museum also has belongings of Matthew Fontaine Maury, the famous cartographer, historian and astronomer of the Confederate Navy.
Another item of interest is the battle flag of the CSS Shenandoah which carried on the war after the South surrendered.
With Fort, or Fortress, Monroe soon to be turned over to Virginia from the US military, this would be a great way to exhibit these artifacts, so hoping the plan goes through.
Hopefully, certain groups won't be antagonized about the possibility of people seeing more Confederate stuff.
A Museum By Any Other Name. --Old B-Runner
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