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- GLC#
- GLC00653.20.05-View header record
- Type
- Letters
- Date
- March 10, 1862
- Author/Creator
- Hollingsworth, William T., fl. 1861-1862
- Title
- to James H. Hollingsworth
- Place Written
- South Mills, North Carolina
- Pagination
- 4 p. : envelope Height: 25 cm, Width: 18.5 cm
- Language
- English
- Primary time period
- Civil War and Reconstruction, 1861-1877
- Sub-Era
- The American Civil War
William T. Hollingsworth writes to his brother. He discusses the Confederacy's "brilliant naval victory" in Hampton Roads, between the Merrimac and the Monitor. He also reports the damages inflicted on the Union frigates, the Cumberland, the Congress, and the Minnesota, noting the Congress was sunk within the first thirty minutes. The Battle of Hampton Roads, also known as the Battle of Monitor and Merrimack, was a naval battle that took place on March 8 and 9, 1862, off Sewell's Point, near Hampton Roads, Virginia. Envelope includes a green or blue ten cent postage stamp. Draft transcript is available.
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