The Monitor, sailed by the northern Union side, fought the southern Confederate battleship Virginia in the Battle of Hampton Roads on 9 March 1862.
Lee's army was on the march north to the fateful battle of Gettysburg, President Lincoln wrote a letter commenting on the arrest of a leading Confederate sympathizer legislator (or "Copperheads" as they were then known), U.S. Rep. Clement L. Valladigham (Democrat of Ohio).
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He commanded Texan forces at the Battle of the Alamo and died there on March 6, 1836.
Gorman was given time away from the club after the death of his wife Myra in February following a battle against cancer and although he returned in March, he was sent home on compassionate leave in April.
In its place, Cantor and the House Republicans had engineered the battle over the sequester, which would begin on March 1st.
But with a third of the delegates up for grabs on March 2nd, the intriguing and improving battle between the two senators might be over almost before it has really begun.
"All those years it was a battle here, " said Rivera, who announced on March 9 that this would be his final season.
It will be a battle between the No. 1 overall seed going into March Madness and a very talented Michigan team that experienced its share of ups-and-downs throughout the course of the 2012-13 regular season, oftentimes having the youth of its roster exposed by the competition.
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He was put on gardening leave in March 2010 with the Tigers embroiled in another relegation battle and left in June after both sides agreed a compensation deal.
And with the battle over, First Platoon picked up their gear and resumed their march through the valley.
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The Maloof family reached a deal with the city of Sacramento in March for a new arena after a long, tourtous battle that last year saw the team almost move to Anaheim, Calif.
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Lines of Battle earned his way here with a victory in the UAE Derby on March 30.
Whitmarsh is confident the MP4-19 will be ready to do battle with rivals Ferrari and Williams when the season gets under way in Australia on March 7.
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He went on say that he had attended a military dinner on Monday night which celebrated the battle of Barrosa when British troops, including many Irishmen, defeated the French in March 1811.
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