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==Final month==

==Final month==

''Virginia'' returned to Hampton Roads 11 April; under her protection CSS ''Jamestown'' and CSS ''Raleigh'' captured three Union transports. Strategic considerations precluded a second ''Monitor‑Virginia'' duel. ''Monitor’s'' mission was to contain ''Virginia'' in support of General [[George B. McClellan]]’s campaign on the peninsula, and ''Virginia'' safeguarded the important Norfolk area and the mouth of the James River. When forced to evacuate Norfolk, the Confederates tried to take ''Virginia'' up the James River, but her deep draft prevented it, so they destroyed her 11 May 1862.

''Virginia'' returned to Hampton Roads 11 April; under her protection CSS ''Jamestown'' and CSS ''Raleigh'' captured three Union transports. Strategic considerations precluded a second ''Monitor‑Virginia'' duel. ''Monitor’s'' mission was to contain ''Virginia'' in support of General [[George B. McClellan]]’s campaign on the peninsula, and ''Virginia'' safeguarded the important Norfolk area and the mouth of the James River. When forced to evacuate Norfolk, the Confederates tried to take ''Virginia'' up the James River, but her deep draft prevented it, so they destroyed her 11 May 1862.

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