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The Battle of Hampton Roads, also referred to as the Battle of the Monitor and Merrimack (actually the CSS Virginia, having been rebuilt and renamed) or the Battle of Ironclads, was a naval battle during the American Civil War.
The album title is a reference to the USS Monitor, the first ironclad warship commissioned by the United States Navy, and the closing track, "The Battle of Hampton Roads", refers to the battle between the Monitor and the CSS Virginia, which took place on March 8–9, 1862; according to the band, "Releasing this record is our way of celebrating ...
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 ...
Built out of the same iron as the CSS Virginia, the two boats traded shots at the Battle of Hampton Roads, otherwise known as the Battle of Ironclads. HMS Argus ©U.S. Navy / Public Domain ...
Catesby ap Roger Jones (April 15, 1821 – June 21, 1877) was an American naval officer who was a commander in the Confederate Navy during the American Civil War.He assumed command of CSS Virginia during the Battle of Hampton Roads and engaged USS Monitor in the historic first battle of the two ironclads.
The CSS Virginia then took part in the Battle of Hampton Roads (also known as "the Battle of the Monitor and the Merrimack") in the first engagement between ironclad warships. Merrimack was the first of six screw frigates (steam frigates powered by screw propellers) begun in 1854.
The Battle of Hampton Roads began on March 8, 1862, when Virginia engaged the blockading Union fleet. Despite an all-out effort to complete her, the new ironclad still had workmen on board when she sailed into Hampton Roads with her flotilla of five CSN support ships: Raleigh (serving as Virginia ' s tender) and Beaufort , Patrick Henry ...
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 ...