Terrific Combat Between the "Monitor" 2 Guns & "Merrimac" 11 Guns In Hampton Roads March...

– In which the little "Monitor" whipped the "Merrimac" and the whole "School" of Rebel Steamers The Battle of Hampton Roads between Monitor and Merrimack or the Battle of Ironclads was fought over two days March 8–9th 1862 in Hampton Roads, Virginia where the Elizabeth and Nansemond rivers meet the James River just before it enters Chesapeake Bay adjacent to Norfolk city. The battle was a part of the effort of the Confederacy to break the Union blockade which had cut off Virginia's largest cities, Norfolk and Richmond. It was the first meeting in combat of ironclad warships - the Union USS Monitor and the confederate CSS Virginia (built from the remnants of the USS Merrimack) and several supporting vessels.