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    May 30, 2013 | Daily Press

  1. Hampton Roads' most important pirate

    Blackbeard may get all the attention. Black Bart was even more feared. But for my money, the most important pirate to cast a shadow across Hampton Roads was an almost completely unknown Englishman named William Dampier.
    Blackbeard may get all the attention. Black Bart was even more feared. But for my money, the most important pirate to cast a shadow across Hampton Roads was an almost completely unknown Englishman named William Dampier. Exactly what he was doing in...

    Tags: College of William and Mary, Hampton Roads, Blackbeard Pirate Festival, Petroleum Industry, Piracy

    2. May 3, 2013 | Daily Press

  2. Welcome to "Our Story: 400 years of history in Hampton Roads"

    When your job is writing about history, it's hard to have a week better than the one just past.
    When your job is writing about history, it's hard to have a week better than the one just past. One of Jamestown's oldest riddles was finally answered in pretty conclusive fashion by the butchered skull of a 14-year-old English girl -- and this first...

    Tags: Hampton Roads, Jamestown (Jamestown, Virginia), War of 1812

    3. Jan 14, 2013 |Story| Daily Press

  3. Ironclad on a rampage

    No one imagined the destruction about to unfold as the <a href=&quot;#" data-topic-id="PLTRA0000110">CSS Virginia</a> eased from its berth late on the morning of March 8, 1862, for what was supposed to be its maiden voyage.
    No one imagined the destruction about to unfold as the CSS Virginia eased from its berth late on the morning of March 8, 1862, for what was supposed to be its maiden voyage. But even as the sailors at Portsmouth’s Gosport Navy Yard prepared to...

    Tags: Hampton Roads, Portsmouth (Portsmouth, Virginia), U.S. Congress, CSS Virginia, Newport News (Newport News, Virginia)

    4. Jan 14, 2013 |Story| Daily Press

  4. First clash of the ironclads

    Few days opened more darkly for the U.S. Navy than March 9, 1862.
    Few days opened more darkly for the U.S. Navy than March 9, 1862. Mangled by the lethal guns and armored sides of the CSS Virginia on the previous afternoon, the Union fleet in Hampton Roads still reeled from the brutal loss of two warships and 300...

    Tags: Career and Workplace, Hampton Roads, Unions, Sports, U.S. Congress

    5. Jan 14, 2013 |Story| Daily Press

  5. Lincoln directs fall of Norfolk

    When Abraham Lincoln stepped ashore at Fort Monroe late on May 6, 1862, he hoped his visit would prod Maj. Gen. George B. McClellan and his Army of the Potomac into action.
    When Abraham Lincoln stepped ashore at Fort Monroe late on May 6, 1862, he hoped his visit would prod Maj. Gen. George B. McClellan and his Army of the Potomac into action. By the next morning, however — after finding that McClellan’s long...

    Tags: Hampton Roads, Norfolk (Norfolk, Virginia), Ocean View, Unions, CSS Virginia

    6. Dec 28, 2012 |Story| Daily Press

  6. Ironclad mourned 150 years after its death

    When the USS Monitor left Hampton Roads on the afternoon of Dec. 29, 1862, the southwest wind was light, the skies clear and the seas smooth. Nobody imagined that just 36 hours later the famous ship hailed as the savior of the Union after its historic...

    Tags: Hampton Roads, Manufacturing and Engineering, Heavy Engineering, CSS Virginia, Newport News (Newport News, Virginia)

    7. Mar 8, 2013 |Story| WDBJ7

  7. USS MONITOR: Two Civil War sailors to be laid to rest Friday in Arlington National Cemetery

    Two sailors who died during the Civil War have been laid to rest.
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    Two sailors who died during the Civil War have been laid to rest. A funeral was held Friday for the men who drowned when the USS Monitor sank during the Civil War. Hundreds watched the service with full military honors including WDBJ7’s Chris...

    Tags: Wars and Interventions, Unrest, Conflicts and War

    8. Mar 8, 2013 |Story| Baltimore Sun

  8. Civil War sailors laid to rest, 151 years later

    <b> </b>Eleven years ago, Navy Capt. Barbara &quot;Bobbie" Scholley dived more than 230 feet into the ocean to help bring back the past: two sailors killed when their Civil War battleship sank in 1862.
    Eleven years ago, Navy Capt. Barbara "Bobbie" Scholley dived more than 230 feet into the ocean to help bring back the past: two sailors killed when their Civil War battleship sank in 1862. On Friday, the Annapolis woman joined the crew members'...

    Tags: Hampton Roads, Archaeology, Unions, New Year's Day, Physical Fitness and Exercise

    9. Feb 13, 2013 |Story| WDBJ7

  9. Arlington honors for USS Monitor sailors "a proud moment"

    Two sailors who died 150 years ago when the USS Monitor sank off the coast of North Carolina will be buried next month in Arlington National Cemetery.
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    Two sailors who died 150 years ago when the USS Monitor sank off the coast of North Carolina will be buried next month in Arlington National Cemetery. A maritime archaeologist who helped recover the sailors' remains says the ceremony will be "a proud...

    Tags: Bay National Corporation, Hampton Roads, Human Interest, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, New Year's Day

    10. Feb 12, 2013 |Story| WDBJ7

  10. Two unknown Union sailors will be buried at Arlington National Cemetery

    RICHMOND, Va. (AP) --
    RICHMOND, Va. (AP) -- Navy Secretary Ray Mabus says the remains of two unknown Union sailors recovered from the Civil War ironclad USS Monitor will be interred in Arlington National Cemetery on March 8. Mabus made the announcement Tuesday, saying they...

    Tags: Wars and Interventions, Unrest, Conflicts and War, Hatteras

    11. Dec 31, 2012 |Story| WDBJ7

  11. New monument honors crew of the USS Monitor

    150 years after the USS Monitor sank off the coast of North Carolina, a new memorial in Virginia honors the crew of the civil war ironclad. And researchers are still working to identify the remains of two sailors who died when the ship went down.&nbsp;
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    150 years after the USS Monitor sank off the coast of North Carolina, a new memorial in Virginia honors the crew of the civil war ironclad. And researchers are still working to identify the remains of two sailors who died when the ship went down.  16...

    Tags: Human Interest, CSS Virginia, Wars and Interventions, Unrest, Conflicts and War, Hatteras

    12. Jan 14, 2013 |Story| Daily Press

  12. Ironclad mourned 150 years after its death

    When the <a href=&quot;#" data-topic-id="PLTRA0000164">USS Monitor</a> left <a href="#" data-topic-id="PLTRA0000001">Hampton Roads</a> on the afternoon of Dec. 29, 1862, the southwest wind was light, the skies clear and the seas smooth.
    When the USS Monitor left Hampton Roads on the afternoon of Dec. 29, 1862, the southwest wind was light, the skies clear and the seas smooth. Nobody imagined that just 36 hours later the famous ship hailed as the savior of the Union after its historic...

    Tags: Hampton Roads, Manufacturing and Engineering, Heavy Engineering, CSS Virginia, Newport News (Newport News, Virginia)

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