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The Battle of Hampton Roads, also referred to as the Battle of the Monitor and Merrimack (rebuilt and renamed as the CSS Virginia) or the Battle of Ironclads, was a naval battle during the American Civil War . The battle was fought over two days, March 8 and 9, 1862, in Hampton Roads, a roadstead in Virginia where the Elizabeth and Nansemond ...
44-gun sailing frigates: St. Lawrence - Captain Hugh Y. Purviance. Congress - Lieutenant Joseph B. Smith. 24-gun sailing sloop-of-war: Cumberland - Lieutenant George U. Morris (acting) auxiliary gunboats: Mystic. Zouave - Acting Master Henry Reaney. Dragon - Acting Master William Watson.
Hampton Roads. One of the most important and famous naval battles of the American Civil War was the clash of the ironclads, between USS Monitor and CSS Virginia at the Battle of Hampton Roads. The battle took place on March 8, 1862, and lasted for several hours, resulting in a tactical draw.
During the American Civil War (1861-1865), the famous Battle of Hampton Roads between the first American ironclad warships, the USS Monitor and the CSS Virginia (ex- USS Merrimack) took place off Sewell's Point, on March 8–9, 1862. That battle was inconclusive, but later in 1862, Union forces took control of Hampton Roads, Norfolk, and the ...
Battle of Hampton Roads. John Lorimer Worden (March 12, 1818 – October 19, 1897) was a U.S. Navy officer in the American Civil War, who took part in the Battle of Hampton Roads, the first-ever engagement between ironclad steamships at Hampton Roads, Virginia, on 9 March 1862. Commanding the Union's only warship of this class, USS Monitor ...
Sewell's Point. / 36.9548696°N 76.3268873°W / 36.9548696; -76.3268873. Sewells Point is a peninsula of land in the independent city of Norfolk, Virginia in the United States, located at the mouth of the salt-water port of Hampton Roads. Sewells Point is bordered by water on three sides, with Willoughby Bay to the north, Hampton Roads ...
Norfolk residents, city leaders and members of the brewing community are denouncing a proposed military-centric brewery headed to the former O’Connor Brewing Co. space in the Railroad District.
American Civil War. Battle of Hampton Roads. Battle of Mobile Bay. Other work. College president and businessman. Franklin Buchanan (September 17, 1800 – May 11, 1874) was an officer in the United States Navy who became the only full admiral in the Confederate Navy during the American Civil War. He also commanded the ironclad CSS Virginia .