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Hearing the Irish Accent of a Merrimac Victim Across 150 Years

Posted on 06/03/2015 by limerickgenealogy

Originally posted on Irish in the American Civil War:
On 8th March 1862, the Confederate Ironclad CSS Virginia (formerly the Merrimack) steamed out of Norfolk, Virginia to attack the Federal fleet in Hampton Roads. The resulting two-day encounter remains one…

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