The following forces and commanders fought at the Battle of Hampton Roads, Virginia, March 8–9, 1862.
Union US Army (stationed at Fort Monroe)ORA I, v. 9, p. 5 1st Brigade, 1st Division, Dept of Virginia - Brig. Gen. Joseph K. F. Mansfield 20th Indiana Infantry Regiment - Colonel William Brown 7th New York Volunteer Infantry - Colonel George W. Von Schack 11th New York Volunteer Infantry Regiment - Colonel Charles M. Loeser
US NavyORN I, v. 7, pp. 3–32. North Atlantic Blocking Squadron - Captain (Flag Officer) Louis M. Goldsborough Senior officer present: Captain John MarstonDavis, Duel between the first ironclads, p. 72. Ironclad monitor: Monitor - Lieutenant John L. Worden 50-gun screw frigates: Minnesota - Captain Gershom J. Van Brunt Roanoke - Captain John Marston 44-gun sailing frigates: St. Lawrence - Captain Hugh Y. Purviance Congress - Lieutenant Joseph B. Smith 24-gun sailing sloop-of-war: Cumberland - Lieutenant George U. Morris (acting) auxiliary gunboats: Mystic Zouave - Acting Master Henry Reaney Dragon - Acting Master William Watson miscellaneous support craft Whitehall (tug) - Acting Master William J. Baulsir Young America (tug) Cambridge (tug) - Commander William A. Parker
Confederate CS NavyScharf, History of the Confederate States Navy, p. 158. Office of Orders and Details (responsible for naval defenses of Norfolk) - Captain (Flag Officer) Franklin Buchanan Ironclad: Virginia - Captain Franklin Buchanan, Lieutenant Catesby ap Roger JonesTechnically, Virginia had no captain during the battle; see Still, Iron afloat, p. 24. Tender gunboats Raleigh - Lieutenant Joseph W. Alexander Beaufort - Lieutenant William H. Parker James River Squadron - Commander John R. Tucker Gunboats Patrick Henry - Commander John R. Tucker Jamestown - Lieutenant Joseph N. Barney Teaser - Lieutenant William A. Webb
Notes
References Davis, William C. Duel between the first ironclads. Doubleday, 1975.
Still, William N. Jr., Iron afloat: the story of the Confederate armorclads. Vanderbilt University, 1971; reprint, University of South Carolina, 1985.