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The Daily Dispatch: August 20, 1861., [Electronic resource], article 4 (search)
es. Queen Corn will supply the wants of millions in the South. The dense smoke that rose in black volumes from the smouldering ruins of the pleasant town of Hampton is no longer seen. The brilliant flames, whose glaring light was reflected by our Church spires, will not soon be forgotten by our people, while the worthy citizto revel in halls long noted for pleasant scenes of joyous hilarity and a princely hospitality. I hear at this moment a gallant gentleman, formerly a resident of Hampton, describing his loss, which, though he seems to feel but little regret, amounts to about $13,000. Many a worthy family, however, remembers with tearful eyes and aatives, who invited them to their town, Kecaughton, or Kechotan, where Hampton now stands." It became a town in 1705. It was in allusion to the outrages at Hampton in 1813 that Sir Sidney Beckwith, in a letter to the late talented General Robert B. Taylor, of this city, who commanded the army in Norfolk and vicinity at the t