The Union blockaded the Confederate coast during the American Civil War as part of the Anaconda Plan. To fight the ...

HAMPTON ROADS — The Mariners Museum will hold its annual Battle of Hampton Roads Commemoration Celebration in partnership ...

The Northern States’ answer to the CSS Virginia, the USS Monitor, was commissioned in 1861. Around 179 feet in length, the USS Monitor only required 49 officers and enlisted persons to run the ship.

(WAVY) — Hampton Roads has a rich history, and there’s no more memorable battle than the one between the Monitor and the ... it fought the CSS Virginia to a draw in the Battle of Hampton ...