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John Flack Winslow and the Monitor
Some Jackson relatives may be interested in reading about Mr. Winslow's contribution to the North's Ironclad vessel which aided in the North's victory during the Civil War. Winslow along with his business partner, Erastus Corning were the benefactors for the construction of the U.S.S. Monitor.
Marcus R. Cimino writes in his paper, The Construction of USS Monitor and its impact on the Upper-Hudson Valley, "Corning was the epitome of a die-hard Democrat and with that, he was an outspoken critic of Abraham Lincoln, as well as the war. It was clear that wih Corning's reputation being somewhat at stake, his business partner John F. Winslow had to convince him to undergo the building of the Monitor. Winslow urged that he and his partner take on the magnanimous task of building the ironclad ship for the North."
History buffs may recall August 2002 when after 41 days of work, the gun turret was recovered by the U.S. National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) and a team of U.S. Navy divers. Also discovered were the remains of two trapped sailors. More than 150 years after the USS Monitor sank off North Carolina during the Civil War, two unknown crewmen found in the ironclad's turret when it was raised a decade ago were buried March 8, 2013 at Arlington National Cemetery.
The turret of the Monitor can be viewed at the Mariners Museum in Newport News Virginia. For more information, visit the website, http://marinersmuseum.org/uss-monitor-center/uss-monitor-center
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