Battle of Hampton Roads

Began:

8 March 1862

Ended:

9 March 1862

Location:

Hampton Roads,
Virginia

Theater:

Eastern Theater

Campaign:

Penninsula Campaign

Outcome:

Draw; blockade preserved

Combatants

U.S. Navy blockading squadron

C.S. Navy

Commanders

John L. Worden
Lieutenant, USN

Franklin Buchanan
Captain, CSN

Strength

USS Cumberland
USS Congress
USS Minnesota
USS Roanoke
USS Monitor

CSS Virginia

Casualties

409 men killed or wounded
Two warships sunk

21 men killed or wounded

References

Time-Life Books The Civil War, vol. 3 (The Blockade), Time Inc, New York (1983)
Foote, Shelby. The Civil War: A Narrative (vol 2 "Fort Donelson to Memphis"), Time Inc, by arrangement with Random House, New York (1998)
Nevins, Allan. The War for the Union: War Becomes Revolution 1862-1863, Charles Scribner's Sons, New York (1960)

Links

Ironclads and Blockade Runners of the Civil War

From the Dictionary of American Naval Fighting Ships:

v • d • e Major General George B. McClellan's Peninsula Campaign, March-July 1862

Hampton Roads -- Yorktown -- Williamsburg -- Eltham's Landing -- Drewry’s Bluff -- Hanover Court House -- Seven Pines -- Oak Grove -- Beaver Dam Creek -- Gaines' Mill -- Garnett's and Golding's Farms -- Savage's Station -- Glendale -- White Oak Swamp -- Malvern Hill

v • d • e Battles of the American Civil War: 1862

Eastern Theater	Cockpit Point -- Hancock -- Roanoke Island -- Elizabeth City -- New Bern -- Fort Macon -- 1st Kernstown -- Hampton Roads -- Yorktown -- South Mills -- Williamsburg -- Eltham's Landing -- McDowell -- Princeton Court House -- Drewry’s Bluff -- Front Royal -- 1st Winchester -- Hanover Court House -- Seven Pines -- Tranter's Creek -- Cross Keys -- Port Republic -- Oak Grove -- Beaver Dam Creek -- Gaines' Mill -- Garnett's and Golding's Farms -- Savage's Station -- Glendale -- White Oak Swamp -- Malvern Hill -- Cedar Mountain -- 1st Rappahannock Station -- Manassas Station Operations -- Thoroughfare Gap -- 2nd Bull Run -- Chantilly -- Harpers Ferry -- South Mountain -- Antietam -- Shepherdstown -- Fredericksburg -- Kinston -- White Hall -- Goldsborough Bridge

Western Theater	Middle Creek -- Mill Springs -- Fort Henry -- Fort Donelson -- Island Number Ten -- 1st Memphis -- Shiloh -- Siege of Corinth -- 1st Chattanooga -- 1st Murfreesboro -- Richmond, KY -- Munfordville -- Iuka -- Corinth -- Hatchie's Bridge -- Perryville -- Hartsville -- Jackson, TN -- Chickasaw Bayou -- Parker's Cross Roads -- Stones River

Trans-Mississippi Theater	Roan's Tan Yard -- Valverde -- Pea Ridge -- Glorieta Pass -- Stanwix Station -- Albuquerque -- Peralta -- Picacho Pass -- Dragoon Springs -- Saint Charles -- Cotton Plant -- Apache Pass -- Moore’s Mill -- Kirksville -- Compton's Ferry -- 1st Independence, MO -- 1st Sabine Pass -- 1st Galveston -- Lone Jack -- 1st Newtonia -- Old Fort Wayne -- Island Mound -- Clark's Mill -- Cane Hill -- Prairie Grove

Lower Seaboard Theater	Fort Pulaski -- Forts Jackson and St. Philip -- New Orleans -- Secessionville -- Simmon's Bluff -- Tampa -- Baton Rouge -- 1st Donaldsonville -- Saint John's Bluff -- Georgia Landing

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