Battle of Hampton Roads, VA
​Confederate Commander
Capt. Franklin Buchanan
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Confederate Officers
Lt. Catesby R. Jones
Confederate Order of Battle
Confederate Official Records
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Commander, Department of Virginia
Report of
Flag-Officer Franklin Buchanan
Confederate Navy
Commander, Department of the Peninsula
CSS Virginia
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March 8-9, 1862
USS Monitor vs. CSS Virginia (Merrimac)
Inconclusive
Peninsula Campaign
Also Called: Battle of the Ironclads
National Park Service
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American Battlefield Trust
Hampton Roads – Monitor vs. Merrimack
The Battle of Hampton Roads: Then & Now
USS Monitor: A Cheesebox on a Raft
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American History Central
The Battle of Hampton Roads, 1862
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Naval History and Heritage Command
Hampton Roads, Virginia 8-9, March 1862
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Warfare History Network
Clash of the Civil War Ironclads
The Monitor & The Merrimack: The Battle of Hampton Roads
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Essential Civil War Curriculum
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Civil War Monitor
Eyewitness to the Battle of Hampton Road
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Star News Online
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HistoryNet.com
The War in Their Words: 'The Maramack Headed Directly for Us.'
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History.com
When Ironclads Clashed: How Hampton Roads Changed Naval Warfare Forever
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New York Times
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Charleston Mercury
Harper's Weekly
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​Union Commander
Lt. John Worden
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Union Officers
Lt. Samuel Dana Greene
Union Order of Battle
Union Official Records
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Extract from Annual Report
Commander, Department of Virginia
Brig. Gen. Joseph K. F. Mansfield
Commanding Brigade
Ninety-ninth New York Infantry
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