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"The value of the aeroplane for the Navy is unquestioned." - Eugene B. Ely
Naval aviation dates from November 14, 1910, when stunt pilot Eugene B. Ely coaxed a Curtiss "Pusher" biplane from the deck of the cruiser "Birmingham" in these waters, …
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM929_balthrope_Newport-News-VA.html
Preface: Newport News was a small community located in Warwick County until late in the 19th century. Established as a town in 1880, it was incorporated as a city in 1896. Warwick County, one of the eight original Virginia shires formed by 1634, b…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM925_stanley-hundred_Newport-News-VA.html
Preface: Newport News was a small community located in Warwick County until late in the 19th century. Established as a town in 1880, it was incorporated as a city in 1896. Warwick County, one of the eight original Virginia shires formed by 1634, b…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM924_waters-creek_Newport-News-VA.html
Preface: Newport News was a small community located in Warwick County until late in the 19th century. Established as a town in 1880, it was incorporated as a city in 1896. Warwick County, one of the eight original Virginia shires formed by 1634, b…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM920_newport-news-point_Newport-News-VA.html
Preface: Newport News was a small community located in Warwick County until late in the 19th century. Established as a town in 1880, it was incorporated as a city in 1896. Warwick County, one of the eight original Virginia shires formed by 1634, b…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM91X_hampton-roads_Newport-News-VA.html
Preface: Newport News was a small community located in Warwick County until late in the 19th century. Established as a town in 1880, it was incorporated as a city in 1896. Warwick County, one of the eight original Virginia shires formed by 1634, b…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM7AL_fortification-design_Newport-News-VA.html
The Confederate field fortifications constructed on the Virginia Peninsula were influenced by seventeenth-century French military engineer Marshal Sebastien le Prestre de Vauban and nineteenth-century American engineering professor Dennis Hart Mah…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM7AJ_the-warwick-river_Newport-News-VA.html
Overlooking one of the James River's tributaries, Lee's Mill is a watershed property with a long history of settlement. The Native Americans of the Powhatan Confederation hunted and fished along the banks of the Warwick River. During the 1600s, En…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM7AI_union-occupation_Newport-News-VA.html
The Battle of Lee's Mill set the stage for an elaborate ruse as Gen. Magruder maneuvered his troops along the 12-mile line and created the illusion of double his numbers. Moreover, Gen. McClellan was daunted by the Confederate defenses and had sie…
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In March of 1862, Union Maj. Gen. George McClellan's Army of the Potomac landed at Fort Monroe and Camp Butler. This large force contained 121,500 soldiers, 44 batteries of field artillery and 101 heavy siege cannons. Confederate Maj. Gen. John Ma…