Civil War in Hampton Roads
1861
1/1/2008 | 54m 18sVideo has Closed Captions
Explore the events that occurred in Hampton Roads at the beginning of the war in 1861.
The beginning of the war in 1861 was the year that Southern Militia soldiers captured Gosport Navy Shipyard and Fort Norfolk. Brigadier General Benjamin F. Butler arrived at Fort Monroe and issued his Contraband of War decision, new technologies changed the way the war would be fought, and residents of Hampton burned their city to the ground, shocking the Union command at Fort Monroe.
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Civil War in Hampton Roads is a local public television program presented by WHRO Public Media
Major funding provided by The City of Newport News and The Virginia War Museum Foundation, Inc. Additional funding provided by Riverside Health System and The Mariners’ Museum.
Civil War in Hampton Roads
1861
1/1/2008 | 54m 18sVideo has Closed Captions
The beginning of the war in 1861 was the year that Southern Militia soldiers captured Gosport Navy Shipyard and Fort Norfolk. Brigadier General Benjamin F. Butler arrived at Fort Monroe and issued his Contraband of War decision, new technologies changed the way the war would be fought, and residents of Hampton burned their city to the ground, shocking the Union command at Fort Monroe.
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Civil War in Hampton Roads is a local public television program presented by WHRO Public Media
Major funding provided by The City of Newport News and The Virginia War Museum Foundation, Inc. Additional funding provided by Riverside Health System and The Mariners’ Museum.