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Battle of Hampton Roads (view source)
Revision as of 18:28, September 1, 2007
, 18:28, September 1, 2007graph of casualties
Then came a shot at ''Monitor's'' only weak point: its pilot house. Lt Worden was leaning against the eye slits when the shot struck, sending shards into both eyes, blinding one permanently. Worden had to be taken below, and Greene took the helm of the ship, again preventing ''Virginia'' from attacking ''Minnesota''. As the tide was going out once more, Jones thought the better of it, brought ''Virginia'' about and headed back to Norfolk (TL 3, pg. 64).
Then came a shot at ''Monitor's'' only weak point: its pilot house. Lt Worden was leaning against the eye slits when the shot struck, sending shards into both eyes, blinding one permanently. Worden had to be taken below, and Greene took the helm of the ship, again preventing ''Virginia'' from attacking ''Minnesota''. As the tide was going out once more, Jones thought the better of it, brought ''Virginia'' about and headed back to Norfolk (TL 3, pg. 64).
The casualties of the battle were:
{| class="wikitable"
|-
! Army
! total losses
|-
| Union
| 409
|-
| Confederacy
| 21
|}
<ref> [[Civil War: Battles and Leaders]], edited by Aaron R. Murray, DK publishing, 2004, p. 26. </ref>
==Aftermath==
==Aftermath==