Hampton_Roads_order_of_battle

Battle of Hampton Roads order of battle

Battle of Hampton Roads order of battle

The following forces and commanders fought at the Battle of Hampton Roads, Virginia, March 8–9, 1862.

Union

US Army (stationed at Fort Monroe)[1]

US Navy[2]

Confederate

CS Navy[4]

Notes

  1. [1]
    ORA I, v. 9, p. 5
  2. [2]
    ORN I, v. 7, pp. 3–32.
  3. [3]
    Davis, Duel between the first ironclads, p. 72.
  4. [4]
    Scharf, History of the Confederate States Navy, p. 158.
  5. [5]
    Technically, Virginia had no captain during the battle; see Still, Iron afloat, p. 24.

References

  • Davis, William C. Duel between the first ironclads. Doubleday, 1975.
  • Scharf, J. Thomas, History of the Confederate States Navy from its organization to the surrender of its last vessel; its stupendous struggle with the great Navy of the United States, the engagements fought in the rivers and harbors of the South and upon the high seas, blockade-running, first use of iron-clads and torpedoes, and privateer history. New York, Rogers & Sherwood, 1887; reprint, Random House, 1996.
  • Still, William N. Jr., Iron afloat: the story of the Confederate armorclads. Vanderbilt University, 1971; reprint, University of South Carolina, 1985. ISBN 0-87249-616-3
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