Statistics for occurrence #1 of “Nansemond River” in year 1863, month April, day 14 of Rebellion Record: a Diary of American Events, Diary from December 17, 1860 - April 30, 1864:

...ew were killed or wounded. General Foster escaped from Washington, N. C., in the steamer Escort, which ran the rebel blockade on the Pamlico River to-day. To-day a fight took place on the Nansemond River , Va. between the United States gunboats Commodore Barney, Mount Washington, and Stepping Stones, and a powerful rebel shore battery, in which, after a four hours bombardment, the latter was silenced....
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Nansemond River (Virginia, United States) 242 9 6 3 0 user votes

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