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1815-1830. During the 18th century, ships carrying cargo, passengers and mail between Europe and America would sail only when they were full. However, in the early 19th century, as trade with America became more common, schedule regularity became a valuable service.
21 gru 2022 · On March 8, 1862, Virginia attacked elements of the Union’s North Atlantic Blockading Squadron in Hampton Roads, Virginia, scoring one of the most dramatic naval victories of the American Civil War. In one afternoon, the Confederate ironclad ram sank two Union capital ships and damaged two others, sank two transports and captured another, and ...
Alexandria. During the early 1800s, Alexandria was the primier port on the Potomac River. In its harbor, ships unloaded their cargoes of Antigua rum, Puerto Rico coffee and Lisbon wines, as well as manufactured goods from Great Britain.
The Nashville was the first navy ship constructed by Newport News Shipbuilding. It participated in the Spanish American War and in World War I served as a convoy escort off North Africa. (On loan from the Mariners’ Museum, Newport News)
In 1834 the house was purchased by U.S. Navy Lieutenant Uriah Phillips Levy, a passionate admirer of Jefferson who poured money into repairing Monticello during their nearly 90-year proprietorship. After being briefly appropriated by the Confederacy during the Civil War, it landed in the hands of Uriah's nephew Jefferson Levy.
The Norfolk Naval Shipyard, Portsmouth, Virginia is the oldest naval shipyard in the United States. It was established November 1, 1767 under the British flag, thirty-one years before the...
Specific 19th century events include: 1800 - Shipyard established June 12, 1800. 1812 - War of 1812. Commodore Isaac Hull, (shown right), first naval officer to command Portsmouth Naval...
