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Battle of Hampton Roads by Markers.
By Bill Coughlin, August 11, 2008
Marker at Hampton Roads
SHOWN IN SOURCE-SPECIFIED ORDER
| On 16th Street (Virginia Route 167), on the left when traveling west. |
| | From this spot March 9, 1862, observers anxiously awaited the outcome of one of the most famous naval battles of all time – between the Confederate ironclad Virginia (formerly USS Merrimack) and the Union ironclad Monitor. After four hours . . . — — Map (db m180514) HM |
| On 16th Street (Virginia Route 167), on the left when traveling west. |
| | Lincoln viewed the March 8, 1862, sinking of the USS Congress and USS Cumberland as the greatest Union calamity since Bull Run. Union Secretary of War Edwin W. Stanton feared that “the CSS Virginia (Merrimack) would soon come up . . . — — Map (db m180513) HM |
| On Chesapeake Avenue (Virginia Route 167) at East Avenue, on the left when traveling west on Chesapeake Avenue. |
| | In Hampton Roads, southward and a mile or two offshore, the Virginia (Merrimac) and the Monitor fought their engagement, March 9, 1862. The day before the Virginia destroyed the Cumberland and Congress, wooden ships of Union Navy. — — Map (db m10139) HM |
| On Massey Hughes Drive, 0.4 miles Maryland Avenue, on the left when traveling east. |
| | Across Hampton Roads from this point the C.S.S. Virginia (Merrimac) and the U.S.S. Monitor fought, March 9, 1862. This was the first combat between iron-clad vessels in the history of the world. After a severe engagement in which each . . . — — Map (db m16420) HM |
| On Waterside Drive near Boush Avenue. |
| | On March 8, 1862 CSS Virginia steamed past this point (1) to a battle which would forever change naval warfare. This ship had previously been a Union steam frigate, USS Merrimack, which had been destroyed near the Gosport Navy Yard . . . — — Map (db m200157) HM |
| On Chesapeake Avenue (Virginia Route 167) at East Avenue, on the left when traveling west on Chesapeake Avenue. |
| | After the March 8-9, 1862, Battle of Hampton Roads, CSS Virginia went into drydock for refitting. USS Monitor guarded Union Gen. George B. McClellan’s transport vessels in the York River near Fort Monroe, and the Federals reinforced . . . — — Map (db m10351) HM |
| On West Ocean View Avenue (Virginia Route 168) just east of Richview Street, in the median. |
| | On March 9, 1862, the first battle between ironclad ships occurred in Hampton Roads when the U.S.S. Monitor and the C.S.S. Virginia (Merrimack) met in a naval engagement which opened the era of the armored warship. — — Map (db m21215) HM |
May. 4, 2024