<BODY> <H1><ACRONYM title="Confederate States Steamship">CSS</ACRONYM> Virginia Home Page</H1> <P>This page is normally set up with frames. Please visit the <A tabindex="1" accesskey="I" title="Site Index" href="vacsn/base/indx.shtml">site navigation page</A> to navigate the site</P>. <P>The CSS <i>Virginia</i> (ex-<ACRONYM title="United States Steamship">USS</ACRONYM> <i>Merrimack</i> (erroneously USS <i>Merrimac</i>)) battled the USS <i>Monitor</i> at Hampton Roads on March 9, 1862. This Civil War battle of the ironclads is sometimes called the "Battle between the <i>Monitor</i> and <i>Merrimac</i>", "<i>Monitor</i>-<i>Merrimac</i> Battle", "Battle of the Ironclads", or "Battle of Hampton Roads". This was one of the most famous naval battles of the American Civil War. Franklin Buchanan commanded the CSS <i>Virginia</i> on the previous day, but was injured the day before when the CSS <i>Virginia</i> sunk the USS <i>Cumberland</i> and destroyed the USS <i>Congress</i>. Catesby ap Roger Jones was in command against the USS <i>Monitor</i>, commanded by John Worden. The destruction of two of the most powerful ships in the Union Navy was one of the high points for the Confederate States Navy. </P> <HR> <P><!-- Frame names: i index comments copyright top title m main --></P> </BODY>