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FORTRESS MONROE AND OLD POINT COMFORT, VA. AS IT WAS IN 1861.
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PUBLISHED BY LOUIS KAUFMANN & SONS, BALTIMORE MD.
KAUF
PUBLISHERS
OF
LOCAL
VIEWS
BALTIMORE
FORTRESS MONROE AND OLD POINT COMFORT, VA.
AS IT WAS IN 1861.
SINOT
This fortification was originally constructed in 1609.
and was then known as Fort Algernoune. The con-
struction of Fortress Monroe was begun in 1819 and fin-
ished in 1830. The battle between the Monitor and
Merrimac on March 9, 1862, the first conflict between
iron clad vessels, was fought in Hampton Roads, in
sight of this Fortress.
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MANN&
T.
SONS
MD
and Island Possessions
Cuba, Canada and
For Foreign.
