Angels of the Battlefield A History of the Labors of the Catholic Sisterhoods in the Late Civil War
CHAPTER VIII.
PORTSMOUTH AND NORFOLK.
The contest between the Monitor and the Merrimac, and general operations of the war during the seven days’ battle near Richmond. The taking of the cities of Norfolk and Portsmouth by the Union forces. Sisters narrowly escape drowning while crossing the river in a row boat. One instance where hatred was turned to love. 87