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    Mar 9, 2013 |Story| Hampton Roads Daily Press

  1. Monitor sailors laid to rest

    ARLINGTON — The U.S. Navy made good on a 150-year-old promise Friday when it buried two Civil War sailors lost in the sinking of the pioneering ironclad warship USS Monitor.
    ARLINGTON — The U.S. Navy made good on a 150-year-old promise Friday when it buried two Civil War sailors lost in the sinking of the pioneering ironclad warship USS Monitor. Laid to rest at Arlington National Cemetery with the solemn pomp and...

    Tags: Unrest, Conflicts and War, Hampton (Hampton, Virginia), Newport News (Newport News, Virginia), U.S. Navy, Human Interest

    2. Mar 8, 2013 |Story| Hampton Roads Daily Press

  2. Lost Monitor sailors near burial

    WASHINGTON — Two sailors who perished 150 years ago in the sinking of one of history's most famous warships took a solemn step toward their final resting place Thursday when their remains were transferred to a Navy ceremonial guard at Dulles International Airport.
    WASHINGTON — Two sailors who perished 150 years ago in the sinking of one of history's most famous warships took a solemn step toward their final resting place Thursday when their remains were transferred to a Navy ceremonial guard at Dulles...

    Tags: USS Monitor, Hampton Roads

    3. Jan 14, 2013 |Story| Daily Press

  3. Ironclad on a rampage

    No one imagined the destruction about to unfold as the <a href="#" data-topic-id="PLTRA0000110">CSS Virginia</a> eased from its berth late on the morning of March 8, 1862, for what was supposed to be its maiden voyage.
    No one imagined the destruction about to unfold as the CSS Virginia eased from its berth late on the morning of March 8, 1862, for what was supposed to be its maiden voyage. But even as the sailors at Portsmouth’s Gosport Navy Yard prepared to...

    Tags: USS Monitor, Hampton (Hampton, Virginia), Newport News (Newport News, Virginia), Navy Yard, Franklin (Franklin, Virginia)

    4. Jan 14, 2013 |Story| Daily Press

  4. First clash of the ironclads

    Few days opened more darkly for the U.S. Navy than March 9, 1862.
    Few days opened more darkly for the U.S. Navy than March 9, 1862. Mangled by the lethal guns and armored sides of the CSS Virginia on the previous afternoon, the Union fleet in Hampton Roads still reeled from the brutal loss of two warships and 300...

    Tags: USS Monitor, U.S. Navy, Mariners' Museum, Basketball, Unions

    5. Jan 14, 2013 |Story| Daily Press

  5. Lincoln directs fall of Norfolk

    When Abraham Lincoln stepped ashore at Fort Monroe late on May 6, 1862, he hoped his visit would prod Maj. Gen. George B. McClellan and his Army of the Potomac into action.
    When Abraham Lincoln stepped ashore at Fort Monroe late on May 6, 1862, he hoped his visit would prod Maj. Gen. George B. McClellan and his Army of the Potomac into action. By the next morning, however — after finding that McClellan’s long...

    Tags: USS Monitor, Hampton (Hampton, Virginia), Navy Yard, Unions, Washington, DC

    6. Dec 28, 2012 |Story| Daily Press

  6. Ironclad mourned 150 years after its death

    When the USS Monitor left Hampton Roads on the afternoon of Dec. 29, 1862, the southwest wind was light, the skies clear and the seas smooth. Nobody imagined that just 36 hours later the famous ship hailed as the savior of the Union after its historic...

    Tags: USS Monitor, Hampton (Hampton, Virginia), Newport News (Newport News, Virginia), Navy Yard, Heavy Engineering

    7. Feb 13, 2013 | Daily Press

  7. Guests of note grace Hampton Roads events

    Author My Haley's "The Treason of Mary Louvestre" tour continues
    Author My Haley's "The Treason of Mary Louvestre" tour continues In case you missed it in our earlier story, author My Haley is currently touring to discuss her book, "The Treason of Mary Louvestre" (Koehlerbooks, 2013), which tells the story of a...

    Tags: Hampton (Hampton, Virginia), Jamestown (Jamestown, Virginia), George Saunders, Book, Authors

    8. Dec 31, 2012 |Story| WDBJ7

  8. New monument honors crew of the USS Monitor

    150 years after the USS Monitor sank off the coast of North Carolina, a new memorial in Virginia honors the crew of the civil war ironclad. And researchers are still working to identify the remains of two sailors who died when the ship went down.&nbsp;
    Reporter
    150 years after the USS Monitor sank off the coast of North Carolina, a new memorial in Virginia honors the crew of the civil war ironclad. And researchers are still working to identify the remains of two sailors who died when the ship went down.  16...

    Tags: Unrest, Conflicts and War, Hampton (Hampton, Virginia), USS Monitor, Hatteras, Human Interest

    9. Jan 14, 2013 |Story| Daily Press

  9. Ironclad mourned 150 years after its death

    When the <a href="#" data-topic-id="PLTRA0000164">USS Monitor</a> left <a href="#" data-topic-id="PLTRA0000001">Hampton Roads</a> on the afternoon of Dec. 29, 1862, the southwest wind was light, the skies clear and the seas smooth.
    When the USS Monitor left Hampton Roads on the afternoon of Dec. 29, 1862, the southwest wind was light, the skies clear and the seas smooth. Nobody imagined that just 36 hours later the famous ship hailed as the savior of the Union after its historic...

    Tags: USS Monitor, Hampton (Hampton, Virginia), Newport News (Newport News, Virginia), Navy Yard, Heavy Engineering

    10. Aug 3, 2012 |Story| Aberdeen News

  10. Civil War Days!

    It's hard to believe that two years have passed since Civil War Days were last held in Pipestone. And I still can't believe that I was hornswoggled into participating in that event. I should have known better. Myron “Crazy Coot” Koets, a Pipestoner...

    Tags: Unrest, Conflicts and War, USS Monitor, Johnny Depp, Wars and Interventions

    11. Jun 27, 2012 |Story| Baltimore Sun

  11. Adam Richman rates Faidley's crab cake sandwich Wednesday night on Travel Channel

    The celebrated crab cake sandwich at Baltimore's Faidley Seafood &nbsp;gets some national TV love Wednesday night at 9 on the Travel Channel.
    The Baltimore Sun
    The celebrated crab cake sandwich at Baltimore's Faidley Seafood  gets some national TV love Wednesday night at 9 on the Travel Channel. Faidley's crab cake on white bread with lettuce and tomato is featured on "Adam Richman's Best Sandwich in America,"...

    Tags: Anthony Bourdain, Adam Richman, Breads, Sandwiches, Duff Goldman

    12. May 23, 2012 |Story| Hampton Roads Daily Press

  12. Living Here: Newport News

    About 22 miles long and only 4 miles wide, the area that became Newport News was first settled in 1619. In 1896, that community — the former seat of Warwick County — became the separate city of Newport News. Warwick County was one of the eight...

    Tags: USS Monitor, Newport News (Newport News, Virginia), Chesapeake (Chesapeake, Virginia), Kandahar Massacre (2012), Fort Eustis

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