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OLD POINT COMFORT , a summer and See also:winter resort, in See also:Elizabeth See also:City See also:county, See also:Virginia, U.S.A., at the See also:southern end of a narrow, sandy See also:peninsula projecting into See also:Hampton Roads (at the mouth of the See also:- JAMES
- JAMES (Gr. 'IlrKw,l3or, the Heb. Ya`akob or Jacob)
- JAMES (JAMES FRANCIS EDWARD STUART) (1688-1766)
- JAMES, 2ND EARL OF DOUGLAS AND MAR(c. 1358–1388)
- JAMES, DAVID (1839-1893)
- JAMES, EPISTLE OF
- JAMES, GEORGE PAYNE RAINSFOP
- JAMES, HENRY (1843— )
- JAMES, JOHN ANGELL (1785-1859)
- JAMES, THOMAS (c. 1573–1629)
- JAMES, WILLIAM (1842–1910)
- JAMES, WILLIAM (d. 1827)
James See also:river), about 12 M. N. by W. of See also:Norfolk. It is served directly by the Chesapeake & See also:Ohio railway, and indirectly by the New See also:York, See also:Philadelphia & Norfolk (See also:Pennsylvania See also:System), passengers and See also:freight being carried by steamer from the See also:terminus at Cape See also:Charles; by steamboat lines connecting with the See also:principal cities along the See also:Atlantic See also:coast, and with cities along the James river; by See also:ferry, connecting with Norfolk and See also:Portsmouth; and by electric railway (3 m.) to Hampton and (12 m.) to See also:Newport See also:News. There is a U.S. See also:garrison at Fort See also:Monroe, one of the most important fortifications on the Atlantic coast of the See also:United States. Old Point Comfort is included in the See also:reservation of Fort Monroe. The fort lies within the See also:tract of 252 acres ceded, for coast See also:defence purposes, to the Federal See also:government by the See also:state of Virginia in 1821, the survey for the See also:original fortifications having been made in 1818, and the See also:building begun in 1819. It was named in See also:honour of See also:President Monroe and was first regularly garrisoned in 1823; in 1824 the See also:Artillery School of Practice (now called the United States Coast Artillery School) was established to provide commissioned See also:officers of the Coast Artillery with instruction in professional See also:work and to give technical instruction to the non-commissioned See also:staff. During the See also:Civil See also:War the fort was the See also:rendezvous for several military expeditions, notably those of See also:General See also:Benjamin F. See also:- BUTLER
- BUTLER (or BOTELER), SAMUEL (1612–168o)
- BUTLER (through the O. Fr. bouteillier, from the Late Lat. buticularius, buticula, a bottle)
- BUTLER, ALBAN (1710-1773)
- BUTLER, BENJAMIN FRANKLIN (1818-1893)
- BUTLER, CHARLES (1750–1832)
- BUTLER, GEORGE (1774-1853)
- BUTLER, JOSEPH (1692-1752)
- BUTLER, NICHOLAS MURRAY (1862– )
- BUTLER, SAMUEL (1774-1839)
- BUTLER, SAMUEL (1835-1902)
- BUTLER, SIR WILLIAM FRANCIS (1838– )
- BUTLER, WILLIAM ARCHER (1814-1848)
Butler to Hatteras Inlet, in 1861; of General A. E. See also:Burnside, to See also:North Carolina, in 1862; and of General A. H. See also:Terry, against Fort See also:Fisher, in 1865; within sight of its parapets was fought the famous See also:duel between the " See also:Monitor " and the " See also:Merrimac " (See also:March 9, 1862). See also:Jefferson See also:Davis was a prisoner here for two years, from the 22nd of May 1865, and See also:Clement Claiborne See also:Clay (1819—1882), a prominent Confederate, from the same date until See also:April 1866. Between Fort Monroe and See also:Sewell's Point is Fort See also:Wool, almost covering a small See also:island called Rip Raps. The expedition which settled See also:Jamestown rounded this peninsula (April 26, 1607), opened its sealed instructions here, and named the peninsula Poynt Comfort, in recognition of the sheltered See also:harbour. (The " Old " was added subsequently to distinguish it from a Point Comfort See also:settlement at the mouth of the York river on Chesapeake See also:Bay). On the site of the See also:present fortification a fort was erected by the whites as See also:early as 163o.
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