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Monitor-Merrimac Survivor to Transit Panama Canal

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Review and Herald Publishing Association · Takoma Park Station, Washington, D. C. · Apr 27, 1916

FromReview and Herald, Vol. 93, No. 21.

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Monitor-Merrimac Survivor to Transit Panama Canal

In fulfilment of a promise made by Abraham Lincoln over half a century ago, John Driscoll, of Hampton, Va., will take a trip through the Panama Canal on the first United States warship that passes through that waterway. Driscoll is a veteran of the Civil War and the oldest living survivor of the battle between the “Monitor” and the “Merrimac.” After the engagement Lincoln summoned the crew of the “Monitor” to Washington, and after thanking them for their bravery, told them that if ever any one of them wanted a favor from the government, he had only to ask for it and it would be granted.