It was fought Hostile_encounter over two days , March 8–9 , 1862 , in Hampton Roads , a roadstead in Virginia where the Elizabeth and Nansemond rivers meet the James River just before it enters Chesapeake Bay adjacent to the city of Norfolk .

Retreating Escaping from the port , the Swedish unit came Self_motion under fire Catastrophe by Samogitians ships waiting Change_event_time at the roadstead .