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When did Franklin Buchanan become captain in the Confederate navy?

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In Sept., 1861, he took the rank of captain in the Confederate navy, commanding the Virginia (formerly the Merrimack ) against the Union blockading squadron in Hampton Roads (Mar. 8, 1863).

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