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The Daily Dispatch: January 22, 1862., [Electronic resource], From Norfolk. (search)
January, 1776, after a notice to non-combatants to leave the city, he opened fire. The wooden buildings by the water were soon in flames, and owing to high winds the conflagration spread until nineteenths of the city was destroyed. Several times after the British fleet came into Hampton Roads, and two or three times Portsmouth, immediately across the river, was occupied. That town also suffered severely during the war and was frequently used as places of rendezvous, as Annapolis and Old Point are used by the Yankees. On the 18th of April, 1781, a large body of British troops, under Maj. Gen. Phillips and Brig Gen. Arnold, embarked at Portsmouth on an expedition for the purpose of destroying some American stores. A body of light infantry was sent up the Chickahominy ten or twelve miles, where several armed ships, sundry warehouses, and some ship-yards were burned. Five miles below the city of Norfolk is Crany Island, lying at the entrance of the harbor, three miles from
The Daily Dispatch: January 22, 1862., [Electronic resource], Fire. (search)
nroe, did not reach the port until six o'clock last evening having been detained in consequence of a tremendous gale at Old Point. She left that place on Tuesday afternoon for Baltimore, but after going several miles deemed it advisable to return. The wind at Old Point was most violent, and it was dangerous for vessels to lie at the wharves. The steamer Georgeanna, Capt. Pearson, came up this morning from Old Point, and reports an abatement of the gale, which, without doubt, prevailed wOld Point, and reports an abatement of the gale, which, without doubt, prevailed with unwonted severity outside of the Capes. There was no arrivals or departures at Old Point during yesterday, nor had anything been heard from the Burnside expedition. There are still in Hampton Roads about two thousand men, which were inOld Point during yesterday, nor had anything been heard from the Burnside expedition. There are still in Hampton Roads about two thousand men, which were intended for the Burnside expedition, but were unable to get out in consequence of running aground in the Chesapeake during a dense fog. Amongst these is a full regiment of New York Zouaves, who are now aboard the ship John Tucker. Several p