Clash of the Ironclads
The USS Monitor and CSS Virginia were not the world's first ironclad ships, but their epic clash at Hampton Roads on March 9, 1862, marked a major...
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The Confederate Ironclad that Secured a Japanese Revolution
In the early days of 1865, French shipbuilder Lucien Arman sold the Confederate Navy one of the deadliest vessels ever built up to that point in...
Hampton Roads
The American Battlefield Trust's Battle of Hampton Roads page includes battle maps, history articles, historical facts, recommended books, web links...
Steel & Steam
A brief description of the developments in naval technology during the Civil War Era.
Fort Monroe
BATTLE MAP | American Battlefield Trust’s map of the Battle of Fort Monroe, Virginia on March 8-9, 1862
Naval Operations in Charleston Harbor
At the outset of the Civil War in April, 1861, the Abraham Lincoln administration faced military challenges ashore and afloat. The regular U. S. Army...
Hampton Roads | Mar 8-9, 1862
BATTLE MAP | American Battlefield Trust’s map of the Battle of Hampton Roads, Virginia on March 8, 1862
Robert Benthall Sailed Aboard CSS Virginia
Ancestry and Fold3 have been helping people understand their ancestors and why they fought for causes large and small for decades. Now, we are joining...
Hampton Roads | Mar 9, 1862
BATTLE MAP | American Battlefield Trust's map of the Battle of Hampton Roads, Virginia on March 9, 1862
John L. Worden
John Lorimer Worden began his career in the United States Navy on January 10, 1834, after he was appointed a midshipman. He served with the Pacific...
Mobile Bay
This page describes the Battle of Mobile Bay fought in August of 1864. The Union victory cut off one of the last major Confederate ports and captured...
The Mariners' Museum
Newport News, Virginia | Designated by Congress as America's National Maritime Museum, this site is home to the USS Monitor Center.