From the Long Recall Blog.
April 23, 1861-- (From the Philadelphia Inquirer)The Navy Yard at Norfolk (Va.) was leveled yesterday. The Pennsylvania, Columbia, Delaware, Raritan and Merrimac were scuttled and sunk. Guns spiked and thrown overboard.
The Pocahontas and Cumberland evacuated remaining forces to Fort Monroe.
Virginia had seceded.
The War Heats Up. --Old B-R'er
The Battle of Fort Fisher, N.C.
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