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    May 3, 2013 | Daily Press

  1. Welcome to "Our Story: 400 years of history in Hampton Roads"

    When your job is writing about history, it's hard to have a week better than the one just past.
    When your job is writing about history, it's hard to have a week better than the one just past. One of Jamestown's oldest riddles was finally answered in pretty conclusive fashion by the butchered skull of a 14-year-old English girl -- and this first...

    Tags: Jamestown (Jamestown, Virginia), Hampton Roads, War of 1812

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

  2. Preserving the memory of the Monitor sailors

    Long before the start of the expedition that recovered the USS Monitor gun turret from the bottom of the Atlantic in 2002, Navy divers and NOAA archaeologists working to save the historic Civil War ship knew they might run into the remains of lost sailors.
    Long before the start of the expedition that recovered the USS Monitor gun turret from the bottom of the Atlantic in 2002, Navy divers and NOAA archaeologists working to save the historic Civil War ship knew they might run into the remains of lost...

    Tags: Mariners' Museum, Human Interest, Arts and Culture, Hatteras, Archaeology

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

  3. 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: CSS Virginia, Hampton Roads

    4. Mar 8, 2013 |Story| WDBJ7

  4. USS MONITOR: Two Civil War sailors to be laid to rest Friday in Arlington National Cemetery

    Two sailors who died during the Civil War have been laid to rest.
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    Two sailors who died during the Civil War have been laid to rest. A funeral was held Friday for the men who drowned when the USS Monitor sank during the Civil War. Hundreds watched the service with full military honors including WDBJ7’s Chris...

    Tags: Unrest, Conflicts and War, Wars and Interventions

    5. Mar 8, 2013 |Story| Baltimore Sun

  5. Civil War sailors laid to rest, 151 years later

    <b> </b>Eleven years ago, Navy Capt. Barbara "Bobbie" Scholley dived more than 230 feet into the ocean to help bring back the past: two sailors killed when their Civil War battleship sank in 1862.
    Eleven years ago, Navy Capt. Barbara "Bobbie" Scholley dived more than 230 feet into the ocean to help bring back the past: two sailors killed when their Civil War battleship sank in 1862. On Friday, the Annapolis woman joined the crew members'...

    Tags: Chemical Industry, Chestertown, New Year's Day, Career and Workplace, Hatteras

    6. Jan 14, 2013 |Story| Daily Press

  6. 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: Fort Monroe, CSS Virginia, James River, U.S. Congress, Politics

    7. Jan 14, 2013 |Story| Daily Press

  7. 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: Mariners' Museum, CSS Virginia, Basketball, Hampton Roads, U.S. Congress

    8. Jan 14, 2013 |Story| Daily Press

  8. 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: Fort Monroe, Ohio River, CSS Virginia, Norfolk (Norfolk, Virginia), Washington, DC

    9. Dec 28, 2012 |Story| Daily Press

  9. 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: Fort Monroe, Museums, CSS Virginia, Navy Yard, Hatteras

    10. Feb 13, 2013 |Story| WDBJ7

  10. Arlington honors for USS Monitor sailors "a proud moment"

    Two sailors who died 150 years ago when the USS Monitor sank off the coast of North Carolina will be buried next month in Arlington National Cemetery.
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    Two sailors who died 150 years ago when the USS Monitor sank off the coast of North Carolina will be buried next month in Arlington National Cemetery. A maritime archaeologist who helped recover the sailors' remains says the ceremony will be "a proud...

    Tags: National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, Bay National Corporation, Hampton Roads, Human Interest, New Year's Day

    11. Feb 12, 2013 |Story| WDBJ7

  11. Two unknown Union sailors will be buried at Arlington National Cemetery

    RICHMOND, Va. (AP) --
    RICHMOND, Va. (AP) -- Navy Secretary Ray Mabus says the remains of two unknown Union sailors recovered from the Civil War ironclad USS Monitor will be interred in Arlington National Cemetery on March 8. Mabus made the announcement Tuesday, saying they...

    Tags: Unrest, Conflicts and War, Wars and Interventions, Hatteras

    12. Dec 31, 2012 |Story| WDBJ7

  12. 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;
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    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, CSS Virginia, Human Interest, Wars and Interventions, Hatteras

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USS Monitor Sailors Dignified Transfer Ceremony
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