Hampton Roads Battlefield

The waters of Hampton Roads at the mouth of the James River where the USS Monitor and CSS Virginia fought are just south of Hampton, Virginia. Fort Monroe, which witnessed the battle still stands nearby in Hampton and is maintained by the National Park Service. The best place to learn about the Battle of Hampton Roads is at the Mariners' Museum in nearby Newport News. Parts of the Monitor have been recovered and are on display there.

Hampton Roads Battlefield: What's Nearby

Newport News, VA
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Civil War  |  Fort
The Casemate Museum at Fort Monroe
Fort Monroe, VA
Rev War  |  Marker
Lafayette Tour Marker at Yorktown, Virginia (VA-60)
Yorktown, VA
Rev War  |  Museum
American Revolution Museum at Yorktown
Yorktown, VA
Museum
Hampton Roads Naval Museum
Norfolk, VA
Rev War  |  Marker
Lafayette Tour Marker at Portsmouth, Virginia (VA-23)
Portsmouth, VA
Rev War  |  Marker
Lafayette Visit Marker, Williamsburg, Virginia (V-62)
Williamsburg, VA
Rev War  |  Marker
Lafayette Tour Marker at Suffolk, Virginia (VA-21)
Rescue, VA
Rev War  |  Museum
Great Bridge Battlefield & Waterways Museum
Chesapeake, VA
Rev War  |  Marker
Lafayette Tour Marker, Petersburg, Virginia (VA-129)
Petersburg, VA
Civil War  |  Museum
Pamplin Historical Park and The National Museum of the Civil War Soldier
Petersburg, VA
Rev War  |  Marker
Lafayette Tour Marker at Richmond, Virginia (VA-108)
Richmond, VA
Civil War  |  Museum
The American Civil War Museum–White House of the Confederacy
Richmond, VA
Civil War  |  Museum
The Valentine Richmond History Center
Richmond, VA
Civil War  |  Museum
The American Civil War Museum at Historic Tredegar
Richmond, VA
Rev War  |  Marker
Lafayette Tour Marker, Jackson, North Carolina (NC-7)
Jackson, NC
Civil War  |  Museum
Point Lookout State Park and Civil War Museum
Scotland, MD
Rev War  |  Museum
Piney Point Lighthouse Museum & Park
Piney Point , MD
Rev War  |  Marker
Lafayette Tour Marker, Halifax, North Carolina (NC-174)
Halifax, NC
Rev War  |  Marker
Lafayette Tour Marker, Enfield, North Carolina (NC-9)
Enfield, NC
Civil War  |  Historic Site
Abraham Wooten Monument & Mount Zion Primitive Baptist Church
Princeville, NC

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Hampton Roads
Battle Facts
Newport News, Norfok, and Portsmouth, VA | March 8, 1862
Result: Inconclusive
Estimated Casualties
393
Union
369
Confed.
24
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