1.
Battle
of Hampton Roads
Time:
March 9, 1862
Commander:
John L. Wordon (USS Monitor)
Franklin Buchanan (CSS Virginia)
Procedure:
Result:
Inconclusive
Effect:
The two generals both became superintendents of the United States Naval Academy
Casualties:
Union: 261 killed, 108 wounded. Confederate: 7 killed, 17 wounded.
Total: 393
Time:
March 9, 1862
Commander:
John L. Wordon (USS Monitor)
Franklin Buchanan (CSS Virginia)
Procedure:
- Around 2pm on March 8, 1862, the CSS Virginia
struck Cumberland and attack USS Congress.
- At 4pm, the USS Congress
surrendered. G. Franklin Buchanan was wounded by a musket ball. Then the
Virginia stopped its attack.
- The night of March 8, 1862, USS
Monitor slipped into the Roads.
- The next morning the battle between
USS Monitor and CSS Virginia began.
- After several hours the USS Monitor disengaged because it’s “blinded” by a shell from Virginia. Because of running out of the ammunition, the CSS Virginia broke off as well and the world’s first battle between ironclad warships ended.
Result:
Inconclusive
Effect:
The two generals both became superintendents of the United States Naval Academy
Casualties:
Union: 261 killed, 108 wounded. Confederate: 7 killed, 17 wounded.
Total: 393
2. Battle of Memphis
Time:
June 6, 1862
Commander:
Flag Officer Charles H. Davis, Colonel Charles Ellet (Union)
James E. Montgomery, Brigadier General Jeff M. Thompson (Confederate)
Procedure:
Result:
Union’s Victory, with total casualties 181, 180 from confederate.
Effect:
The destruction of the River Defense Fleet effectively eliminated any significant Confederate naval power on Mississippi.
Time:
June 6, 1862
Commander:
Flag Officer Charles H. Davis, Colonel Charles Ellet (Union)
James E. Montgomery, Brigadier General Jeff M. Thompson (Confederate)
Procedure:
- May 10, 1862, the Confederate River Defense Fleet retired to Memphis.
- At the North of Memphis, Flag-Officer Charles H. Davis and Col. Charles Ellet launched a naval attack on Memphis after 4:00 am on June 6. At 5:20 pm the battle began.
- In an hour and a half, the Union boats beat all of the Confederate vessels. Memphis City was occupied by The Union.
Result:
Union’s Victory, with total casualties 181, 180 from confederate.
Effect:
The destruction of the River Defense Fleet effectively eliminated any significant Confederate naval power on Mississippi.
3. Battle of Sabine Pass (Sabine City)
Time:
September 24, 1862
Commander:
Frederick Crocker (Union)
J.S. Irvine (Confederate)
Procedure:
In the morning of Sep 25, 1862 the Union naval forces enter Sabine Pass. Crocker ordered the artillery bombardment but they could not reach the Union fleet. At the night Major Josephus S. Irvine ordered the artillery to retreated.
Result:
Casualties: unknown. Union’s Victory.
Effect:
The town of Sabine Pass surrendered and Galveston, Texas was captured.
Time:
September 24, 1862
Commander:
Frederick Crocker (Union)
J.S. Irvine (Confederate)
Procedure:
In the morning of Sep 25, 1862 the Union naval forces enter Sabine Pass. Crocker ordered the artillery bombardment but they could not reach the Union fleet. At the night Major Josephus S. Irvine ordered the artillery to retreated.
Result:
Casualties: unknown. Union’s Victory.
Effect:
The town of Sabine Pass surrendered and Galveston, Texas was captured.