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Two unknown sailors from the Civil War, killed in 1862 when the ironclad USS Monitor sank, were buried Friday at Arlington National Cemetery. Their remains were discovered in the Union warship's gun turret after it was raised from the ocean floor off the North Carolina coast in 2002. The burial came on the eve of the 151st anniversary of the fight between the Monitor and the Merrimack, in the Battle of Hampton Roads, March 9, 1862.
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This file photo from 1862 shows crew members posing on the deck of the USS Monitor on the James River in Virginia. Months after fighting an epic battle with the Confederate ironclad Merrimack, the Monitor sank during a storm in December 1862.
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... better late than never.
R.I.P.
Pigotry...for the first time I will agree with you...R.I.P
I wish you boneheads would do some research.There was no battle between the Monitor and the Merrimac.There WAS a battle between the Monitor and the Virginia.The ironclad CSS Virginia was built on the burned out remains of the Merrimac,but this misinformation about the Monitor and the Merrimac never seems to go away!Check your facts!