Several weeks before Farragut captured new Orleans, a new kind of navy battle was fought off Hampton Roads, Virginia. It was the first battle between iron ships.

就在法拉格特占领新奥尔良的几周前，一种新的海战形式出现在维吉尼亚海域的汉普顿(Hampton Roads)上，这是铁皮战舰的第一次交锋。

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The battle at Hampton Roads between the Virginia and the Monitor was undecisive.

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The Monitor prevented the Virginia from gaining control of the Hampton Roads, Virginia port, thus maintaining a federal blockade of the area around Norfolk, Virginia.

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One of the local markets you brought in, I think it's from Hampton Roads, Virginia, and the President is going to designate Fort Monroe as a national landmark.

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The Monitor, sailed by the northern Union side, fought the southern Confederate battleship Virginia in the Battle of Hampton Roads on 9 March 1862.

BBC: USS Monitor sailors laid to rest at Arlington cemetery