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Battle of Hampton Roads (view source)
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{{American Civil War
{{ACWbattle
| image =Moni.jpg
|name=Battle of Hampton Roads
| conflict =
| image=[[File:Moni.jpg|300px]]
| partof =Penninsula Campaign
|begin=8 March 1862
| date =March 8-9, 1862
|end=9 March 1862
| location =Hampton Roads,<br/>Virginia
|place=Hampton Roads, <br/>Virginia
| combatant1 =USS ''Cumberland''<br/>USS ''Congress''<br/>USS ''Minnesota''<br/>USS ''Roanoke''<br/>[[USS Monitor|USS ''Monitor'']]
|theater=[[Eastern Theater]]
| combatant2 =[[CSS Virginia|CSS ''Virginia'']]
|campaign=[[Penninsula Campaign]]
|result=Draw; blockade preserved
|combatants1=U.S. Navy blockading squadron
|combatants2=C.S. Navy
|commanders1=[[John L. Worden]]<br/>Lieutenant, USN
| casualties1 =409 men killed/wounded<br/>Two warships total loss
|commanders2=[[Franklin Buchanan]]<br/>Captain, CSN
| casualties2 =21 men killed/wounded
|strength1=[[USS Cumberland|USS ''Cumberland'']]<br/>[[USS Congress|USS ''Congress'']]<br/>[[USS Minnesota|USS ''Minnesota'']]<br/>[[USS Roanoke|USS ''Roanoke'']]<br/>[[USS Monitor|USS ''Monitor'']]
|strength2=[[CSS Virginia|CSS ''Virginia'']]
|casualties1=409 men killed or wounded<br/>Two warships sunk
|casualties2=21 men killed or wounded
}}
}}
The '''Battle of Hampton Roads''' was a two-day naval engagement of the [[American Civil War]], which took place on March 8-9, 1862 in the waters off Hampton, Virginia. This battle is remarkable for the first fight between two ironclad warships: USS ''Monitor'', and CSS ''Virginia''.
The '''Battle of Hampton Roads''' was a two-day naval engagement of the [[American Civil War]], which took place on March 8-9, 1862 in the waters off Hampton, Virginia. This battle is remarkable for the first fight between two ironclad warships: USS ''Monitor'', and CSS ''Virginia''.
==References==
==References==
<small><references/></small>
*Time-Life Books ''The Civil War'', vol. 3 (''The Blockade''), Time Inc, New York (1983)
*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)
*Foote, Shelby. ''The Civil War: A Narrative (vol 2 "Fort Donelson to Memphis")'', Time Inc, by arrangement with Random House, New York (1998)
*[http://www.history.navy.mil/danfs/m11/minnesota-i.htm USS ''Minnesota'']
*[http://www.history.navy.mil/danfs/m11/minnesota-i.htm USS ''Minnesota'']
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