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Civil War Battles

Volume 9, Chapter 19 - Operations in Southeastern Virginia

Jan 11, 1862 - The Burnside Expedition sails from Hampton Roads for the North carolina Coast
Mar 8-9, 1862 - Naval engagement in Hampton Roads VA and destruction o fhte US frigate Congress and sloop-of-war Cumberland by the confederate iron-clad Virginia (formerly the Merrimac)
Mar 17, 1862 - Embarkation of the Army of the Potomac for the Peninsula commenced at Alexandria