Battle of Hampton Roads order of battle explained

The following forces and commanders fought at the Battle of Hampton Roads, Virginia, March 8 - 9, 1862.

Union

US Army (stationed at Fort Monroe)^[1]

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 Navy^[2]

CS Navy^[4]

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 Jones^[5]
- 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

Davis, William C. Duel between the first ironclads. Doubleday, 1975.
Scharf, J. Thomas, History of the Confederate States Navy from its organization to the surrender of its last vessel; its stupendous struggle with the great Navy of the United States, the engagements fought in the rivers and harbors of the South and upon the high seas, blockade-running, first use of iron-clads and torpedoes, and privateer history. New York, Rogers & Sherwood, 1887; reprint, Random House, 1996.
Still, William N. Jr., Iron afloat: the story of the Confederate armorclads. Vanderbilt University, 1971; reprint, University of South Carolina, 1985.

ORA I, v. 9, p. 5
ORN I, v. 7, pp. 3 - 32.
Davis, Duel between the first ironclads, p. 72.
Scharf, History of the Confederate States Navy, p. 158.
Technically, Virginia had no captain during the battle; see Still, Iron afloat, p. 24.