Hampton Roads order of battle

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

Video Hampton Roads order of battle

Union

US Army (stationed at Fort Monroe)

• 1st Brigade, 1st Division, Dept of Virginia - Brig. Gen. Joseph K. F. Mansfield
  • 20th Indiana Infantry Regiment - Colonel William Brown
  • 7th New York Volunteer Infantry - Colonel George W. Von Schack
  • 11th New York Volunteer Infantry Regiment - Colonel Charles M. Loeser

US Navy

• North Atlantic Blocking Squadron - Captain (Flag Officer) Louis M. Goldsborough
  • • Senior officer present: Captain John Marston
  • Ironclad monitor:
    • Monitor - Lieutenant John L. Worden
  • 50-gun screw frigates:
    • Minnesota - Captain Gershom J. Van Brunt
    • Roanoke - Captain John Marston
  • 44-gun sailing frigates:
    • St. Lawrence - Captain Hugh Y. Purviance
    • Congress - Lieutenant Joseph B. Smith
  • 24-gun sailing sloop-of-war:
    • Cumberland - Lieutenant George U. Morris (acting)
  • auxiliary gunboats:
    • Mystic
    • Zouave - Acting Master Henry Reaney
    • Dragon - Acting Master William Watson
  • miscellaneous support craft
    • Whitehall (tug) - Acting Master William J. Baulsir
    • Young America (tug)
    • Cambridge (tug) - Commander William A. Parker

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Confederate

CS Navy

• Office of Orders and Details (responsible for naval defenses of Norfolk) - Captain (Flag Officer) Franklin Buchanan
  • Ironclad:
    • Virginia - Captain Franklin Buchanan, Lieutenant Catesby ap Roger Jones
  • Tender gunboats
    • Raleigh - Lieutenant Joseph W. Alexander
    • Beaufort - Lieutenant William H. Parker
• James River Squadron - Commander John R. Tucker
  • Gunboats
    • Patrick Henry - Commander John R. Tucker
    • Jamestown - Lieutenant Joseph N. Barney
    • Teaser - Lieutenant William A. Webb

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Notes

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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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