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What did the Confederacy gain when Union troops evacuated Norfolk Virginia?
ChuckSiata
With the withdrawal of Union troops from the port of Norfolk, Virginia, the Confederates quickly occupied it and began to salvage four scuttled Union ships. This included the USS Merrimack, soon to be the CSS Virginia. In addition the Confederates were able to take advantage of the dry dock, workshops and about 1,000 cannons that could be restored.
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Dunkirk was a famous episode in 1940 in which?
Allied troops were evacuated across the English Channel
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