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Battle of Hampton Roads (view source)
Revision as of 08:04, November 20, 2009
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| date =March 8-9, 1862
| date =March 8-9, 1862
| location =Hampton Roads, between<br/>Newport News and Norfolk, Virginia
| location =Hampton Roads, between<br/>Newport News and Norfolk, Virginia
| combatant1 =USS ''Monitor''
| combatant1 =USS ''Cumberland''<br/>USS ''Congress''<br/>USS ''Minnesota''<br/>USS ''Roanoke''<br/>USS ''Monitor''
| combatant2 =CSS ''Virginia''
| combatant2 =CSS ''Virginia''
| commander1 =[[John L. Worden]]<br/>Lieutenant, USN
| commander1 =[[John L. Worden]]<br/>Lieutenant, USN
| strength1 =Federal blockade
| strength1 =Federal blockade
| strength2 =
| strength2 =
| casualties1 =409 men killed/wounded<br/>Two warships total loss:<br/>USS ''Cumberland''<br/>USS ''Congress''
| casualties1 =409 men killed/wounded<br/>Two warships total loss
| casualties2 =21 men killed/wounded
| casualties2 =21 men killed/wounded
}}
}}