Action at Hampton Roads, Virginia
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- Multiple units skirmish at the Hampton Roads inlet outside of Newport News, Virginia from March 8-March 9, 1862
- Also referred to as Skirmish/Engagement near Newport News
- Sinking of the "Cumberland" and "Congress" by the Merrimac March 8
- Battle between "Monitor" and "Merrimac" March 9
Union Troops
- 20th Indiana Infantry
- 29th Massachusetts Infantry
- 1st New York Infantry[1]
- 2nd New York Infantry[2]
- 7th New York Infantry
- 11th New York Infantry
- U.S.S. Minnesota
- U.S.S. Cumberland
- U.S.S. Congress (the 99th New York Infantry was aboard this vessel)
- U.S.S. Cumberland
Casualties
- Union: 261 killed, 108 wounded = Total 369
Sources
- Dyer, Frederick H. A Compendium of the War of the Rebellion. The Dyer Publishing Company (Des Moine, 1908). (Pages 620, 637, 886, 896)
- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hampton_Roads
- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Hampton_Roads
Categories:
- Engagements in the War of the Rebellion
- Engagements in Virginia
- Engagements in Newport News (City), Virginia
- Skirmishes in Virginia
- Skirmishes in Newport News (City), Virginia
- Engagements in 1862
- Engagements on March 8, 1862
- Engagements on March 9, 1862
- Source: ACWR 620
- Source: ACWR 637
- Source: ACWR 886
- Source: ACWR 896