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USS Monitor

USS Monitor, a 987-ton armored turret gunboat, was built at New York to the design of John Ericsson. She was the first of what became a large number of "monitors" in the United States and other navies. Commissioned on 25 February 1862, she soon was underway for Hampton Roads, Virginia. Monitor arrived there on 9 March, and was immediately sent into action against the Confederate ironclad Virginia , which had sunk two U.S. Navy ships the previous day. The resulting battle, the first between iron-armored warships, was a tactical draw. However, Monitor prevented the Virginia from gaining control of Hampton Roads and thus preserved the Federal blockade of the Norfolk area.Following this historic action, Monitor remained in the Hampton Roads area and, in mid-1862 was actively employed along the James River in support of the Army's Peninsular Campaign. In late December 1862, Monitor was ordered south for further operations. Caught in a storm off Cape Hatteras, she foundered on 31 December. Her wreck was discovered in 1974 and is now a marine sanctuary. Work is presently underway to recover major components of her structure and machinery, to be followed by extensive preservation efforts and ultimate museum exhibition.

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Capt Hans A Anderson

19 Jul 1824 – 20 Apr 1909

Brooklyn, Kings County, New York, USA

Ens Norman Knox Atwater

unknown – 1 Jan 1863

New Haven, New Haven County, Connecticut, USA

Plot info: 26 Cypress Ave.

SMN Anton Basting

2 Mar 1835 – 10 Feb 1915

Jersey City, Hudson County, New Jersey, USA

Edmund Brown

19 Nov 1813 – 15 Jan 1892

Brooklyn, Kings County, New York, USA

Plot info: Section 13, Public Lot 19694, Grave #61

George W Burrows

unknown – 23 Jan 1887

New Bedford, Bristol County, Massachusetts, USA

Francis Bannister Butts

1844 – 8 Sep 1905

Providence, Providence County, Rhode Island, USA

Thomas Carroll

1844 – 22 Feb 1884

Woodside, Queens County, New York, USA

Siah Hulett “Siah” Carter

4 Oct 1839 – 12 Apr 1892

Collingdale, Delaware County, Pennsylvania, USA

Plot info: Olive

John Parsons Conkling

28 Jun 1827 – 19 Aug 1886

Edinburg, Saratoga County, New York, USA

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