"Major General John E. Wool at Fort Monroe, on hearing a report that Newport News was to be attacked by the CSS Virginia, wrote Secretary of War Edwin M. Stanton: "We want a larger naval force than we have at present."
Meanwhile, the same day, Secretary of Navy Welles was writing Lt. Worden: "Proceed with the USS Monitor, under your command, to Hampton Roads, Virginia..."
The Die Is Cast. --Old B-R'er
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