Photo #: NH 46251
"From the Ironclad Merrimac"
Halftone reproduction of an artwork, published in the "Richmond
Magazine", 1930, depicting a purported section of the conning
tower of CSS Virginia (ex-USS Merrimack).
The following text accompanied this illustration: "... Number
6 North Second Street live the descendants of Captain Catesby
Ap Roger Jones, who commanded the Merrimac. In this house
also lived that gallant soldier, Major Ap Catesby Jones, who
lost an arm at Gettysburg. At the back of the house are brick
walks and curved brick walls, mellowed to a patina which would
delight the soul of a landscape gardener. The walls, the old
brick walks, the ancient ivy, all combine in a cloistered peace.
Peace now, but in this old garden lies a souvenir of war. Buried
in a flower bed, is no less than a part of the conning tower
of the Merrimac. Here it lies in the middle of the garden,
an every day object in the life of the family, and one is shown
it with merely a wave of the hand as one looks out of the window."
U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph.
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