Territory, | $288,000 |
Buildings and other improvements, | 3,998,480 |
Vessels, | 332,900 |
Engines, machinery, etc., | 250,676 |
Total, | $4,810,056 |
The “Report of William H. Peters, Commissioner, appointed by the Governor of Virginia to make an inventory of property taken from the United States Government, at the Navy-Yard, Gosport, and in and near Portsmouth, Va.,” shows that the confederates made the following gains by getting possession of the yard:
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