The following forces and commanders fought at the Battle of Hampton Roads, Virginia, March 8–9, 1862.
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:
- 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:
- 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
- Ironclad:
- James River Squadron - Commander John R. Tucker
- Gunboats
- Patrick Henry - Commander John R. Tucker
- Jamestown - Lieutenant Joseph N. Barney
- Teaser - Lieutenant William A. Webb
- Gunboats
Notes
- ORA I, v. 9, p. 5
- ORN I, v. 7, pp. 3–32.
- Davis, Duel between the first ironclads, p. 72.
- Scharf, History of the Confederate States Navy, p. 158.
- Technically, Virginia had no captain during the battle; see Still, Iron afloat, p. 24.
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