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Other Name: Monitor vs. Virginia (Merrimack), Battle of the Ironclads
State: Virginia
Location: Hampton Roads
Campaign: Peninsula Campaign (March-September 1862)
Dates: March 8-9, 1862
Principal Commanders: union  Union States: Lt. John Worden
confederate  Confederate States: Capt. Franklin Buchanan and Lt. Catesby R. Jones
Forces Engaged: union  Union States: 4 warships
confederate  Confederate States: 1 warship
Estimated Casualties: union  Union States: 409
confederate  Confederate States: 24
Total: 433 total
Results: Result(s): Inconclusive
Description:

On March 8, 1862, from her berth at Norfolk, the Confederate ironclad Virginia steamed into Hampton Roads where she sank Cumberland and ran Congress aground. On March 9, the Union ironclad Monitor having fortuitously arrived to do battle, initiated the first engagement of ironclads in history. The two ships fought each other to a standstill, but Virginia retired.
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