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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.

Contents

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

    • 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

    • References

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