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� 113 We were not long in reaching her iron sides. The officers gave us a hearty welcome and seemed to take the highest pleasure in explaining. Our attention was first called to the Turret, + the eight plates of thickness a section of which could be most plainly seen at the port holes. We observed the effect of the shot which she received in her encounter with the Merrimac. There was a dent made by a hundred pound shot at the distance of five yards. Can it be possible? Here we see the effect of a ricochet shot that tore up the edge of the plates. Here is another partly below water line. That is the Pilot House and those are the two holes for sight. So it was there that Lieut Worden received the injury to his eyes, that came near depriving us of one of our most valuable officers.