Just decided: Heading to Norfolk, Spring 2014

Mark F. Jenkins

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I was just moping about not having been to a number of places for years, and something inside me just sort of went "snap" and I said to myself, "That's it! Enough saying I ought to go back to such and such a place; time to do it!"

So, I aim to start with the Norfolk/Hampton Roads area, probably around the May time-frame.

Target list, in no special order:

Mariner's Museum, Newport News
Fort Monroe
"The Ferry" Plantation, Virginia Beach
Nauticus/Hampton Roads Naval Museum
USS Wisconsin
Portsmouth Naval Shipyard Museum

To be continued and elaborated, I'm sure. Some of those I've been to before, some I haven't.
 
I have spent some time at Fort Story a long time ago helping the Army test an air cushioned vehicle for landing supplies in places with shallow waters. It is a very nice place in the summer. Cornwallis shipped out of Wilmington to Yorktown area. He finished his Carolina Tour at Wilmington. He last battle in Carolina was at Moores Creek, just west of Wilmington. I think, but am not 100% sure, the Moores Creek battle was the first time artillery was fired over the heads of friendly troops. Sounds like you have a great trip planned, Mark.
 
I have spent some time at Fort Story a long time ago helping the Army test an air cushioned vehicle for landing supplies in places with shallow waters. It is a very nice place in the summer. Cornwallis shipped out of Wilmington to Yorktown area. He finished his Carolina Tour at Wilmington. He last battle in Carolina was at Moores Creek, just west of Wilmington. I think, but am not 100% sure, the Moores Creek battle was the first time artillery was fired over the heads of friendly troops. Sounds like you have a great trip planned, Mark.

Nope. Moore's Creek was in 1775. I think you're confusing it with Guilford Court House, which was, indeed, Cornwallis' final engagement in North Carolina.

Moore's Creek did not involve Cornwallis at all.
 
Nope. Moore's Creek was in 1775. I think you're confusing it with Guilford Court House, which was, indeed, Cornwallis' final engagement in North Carolina.

Moore's Creek did not involve Cornwallis at all.
Odd thing, I have an ancestor who was in the Guilford militia in the War of Independence, but there is no record of the Guilford militia participating in the Battle of Guilford Court House, except the Captain. But NC militia were heavily involved in the Battle. Go Figure.

OP, the War Museum is worth a visit, as is Williamsburg.
 
As someone who has never been to eastern Virginia (and I will be in Norfolk in late May this year), are there many Civil War visitor sites in Yorktown? I am sure there are many Revolutionary War memorials.
I have a particular interest in Thaddeus Lowe's balloons, if there are any places dedicated to their service. They flew in 1862 while the army was camped beside Yorktown.
As for Revolutionary War sites, NPS website states that The Moore House, The Nelson House, The Cemetery Lodge and the Poor Potter are closed but their grounds are open for visitation. Does anyone know if this is this just seasonal, or are they closed for good?
Thank you all in advance for any information!
 
Be sure to make time to go to williamsburg...really cool walk down Duke of Glouster Street. Very recently the found a mass grave, civil war, inside the powder magazine so that dig should still be ongoing
 
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