Hampton Roads
- Other Name:
- Monitor vs. Virginia (Merimack), Battle of the Ironclads
- Campaign:
- Peninsula Campaign
- Date(s):
- March-July 1862
- Principal Commanders:
- Lieutenant John Worden [US] Frankiln Buchanan [CS]
- Forces Engaged:
- 0 total (US 0; CS 0;)
- Estimated Casualties:
- 433 total (US 409; CS 24;)
- Description:
- On March 8, 1862, from her berth at Norfolk, the Confederate ironclad Virginia steamed into Hampton Roads where she sank Cumberland and ran Congress aground. On March 9, the Union ironclad Monitor having fortuitously arrived to do battle, initiated the first engagement of ironclads in history. The two ships fought each other to a standstill, but Virginia retired.
- Results:
- Indecisive
- CWSAC Reference #:
- VA008
- Preservation Priority: