December 30, 1862 – The first Federal ironclad spent its last evening above water before foundering off the coast of North Carolina. The U.S.S. Monitor
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The Battle of Drewry’s Bluff
May 15, 1862 – Confederate batteries repulsed the advance of a Federal naval fleet on the James River, which helped ease some of the panic
Confederates Abandon Norfolk
May 9, 1862 – President Abraham Lincoln personally directed an operation that resulted in capturing one of the Confederacy’s most important naval bases. As elements
The Battle of the Ironclads
March 9, 1862 – A naval duel at Hampton Roads off the Virginia coast marked the first time in history that two ironclad warships did
The C.S.S. Virginia Attacks
March 8, 1862 – The Confederate ironclad Virginia demolished the Federal naval fleet off Hampton Roads, rendering all wooden warships obsolete and threatening to permanently
Launching the U.S.S. Monitor
January 22, 1862 – Lieutenant John L. Worden reported satisfactory progress on construction of an unnamed vessel slated to become the first Federal ironclad warship.