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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;ksparrow, post: 2573136, member: 7638&quot;]Technically a draw, in that neither vessel crippled or sank the other.&nbsp;&nbsp; I think most historians view it as a Union victory, as the Monitor kept the Virginia from sinking the rest of the Union fleet at Hampton Roads, and bottled her up in the James River until she had to be blown up to avoid capture as McClellan advanced up the Peninsula.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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