Mudcat Café message #1688176

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Thread #89461 Message #1688176
Posted By: Abby Sale
08-Mar-06 - 08:14 AM
Thread Name: happy? - Mar 8 ('Cumberland' sunk)
Subject: happy? - Mar 8 ('Cumberland' sunk)

The ironclad Merrimac (playing for the South) sank the Cumberland (playing for the North):


          O, the eighth day of March [1862] told a terrible story
          And many brave tars to this world bid adieu,
          Our flag it was wrapped in a mantle of glory
          By the heroic deeds of the Cumberland's crew.
  
                  "The Cumberland's Crew" on Library of Congress recording AFS L 29, Songs and
                  Ballads of American History and of the Assassination of Presidents