The Virginian vs the Mercenary Automatons

It was like hearnes and leonard. It was just a blasting each other at really close range. The ships don't get damaged at all. They later found out the dolgran guns could have had a 30 pound charge of powder instead of a 15 pound, which would have ripped right through the virginia. But they didn't know that then. So as with the alabama, there's a kind of symbolic victory for the confederacy,. Once again sails back into the harbor without really accomplishing anything.