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However, initially after the Battle of Hampton Roads, both the Confederate and Union media claimed victory for their own sides. A headline in a Boston newspaper the day after the battle read "The Merrimac Driven back by the Steamer!", implying a Union victory, while Confederate media focused on their original success against wooden Union ships.
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 ...
USS Monitor was an ironclad warship built for the United States Navy during the American Civil War and completed in early 1862, the first such ship commissioned by the Navy. [a] Monitor played a central role in the Battle of Hampton Roads on 9 March under the command of Lieutenant John L. Worden, where she fought the casemate ironclad CSS Virginia (built on the hull of the scuttled steam ...
The resulting three-hour Battle of Hampton Roads was a draw, proving ironclads were effective warships. [107] The Confederacy scuttled the Virginia to prevent its capture, while the Union built many copies of the Monitor.
During the American Civil War (1861-1865), the famous Battle of Hampton Roads between the first American ironclad warships, the USS Monitor and the CSS Virginia (ex-USS Merrimack) took place off Sewell's Point, on March 8–9, 1862. That battle was inconclusive, but later in 1862, Union forces took control of Hampton Roads, Norfolk, and the ...
Battle of Hampton Roads, Virginia. The famous Battle of Hampton Roads took place off Sewells Point in Hampton Roads on March 8–9, 1862. USS Monitor of the Union Navy faced CSS Virginia of the Confederate States Navy. The battle, which was inconclusive, is chiefly significant in naval history as the first battle between two powered, ironclad ...
Louisiana residents had braced for the storm's impact after Francine strengthened into a Category 2 hurricane, threatening the area with heavy rains and hurricane-force winds, according to the ...
Battle of Hampton Roads: Virginia: B: Inconclusive: USS Monitor battles CSS Virginia, battle ends in a draw. March 14, 1862: Battle of New Bern: North Carolina: B: Union: Union troops disembark from ships and capture the town. March 23, 1862: First Battle of Kernstown: Virginia: B: Union: Union forces defeat Confederates under "Stonewall ...