Norfolk, Virginia

The Founding of Norfolk, Virginia

Hamilton Historical Records

In 1682, the city of Norfolk, Virginia was founded. On New Years Day in 1776, the British destroyed two-thirds of the city of Norfolk with cannonfire. Fort Norfolk protected the city during the siege. In 1861, during the Civil War, Norfolk was obtained by the Confederacy.

Published by Hamilton Historical Records

I'm a Virginia historian and legal expert who is related to individuals who rode on the Mayflower ship, American founding father George Mason IV, three Union veterans from the U.S. Civil War, two of whom marched with General Sherman to Atlanta, two Confederate veterans, and President Theodore Roosevelt’s and Franklin Roosevelt’s family.

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