Norfolk, VA | House Divided

Norfolk and Portsmouth Harbor, Virginia, 1861, artist's impression

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Record Data

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Events

Date		Type
02/24/1860	Altercation on board U.S. Navy prize leads to four sailors arrested for mutiny	Crime/Disasters
03/09/1862	In Hampton Roads, the Virginia and the Monitor pound each other in the first ever battle between ironclads	Battles/Soldiers
04/09/1866	In Norfolk, Virginia, African-Americans rally to celebrate congressional action on the Civil Rights Bill	Campaigns/Elections
05/22/1862	In Richmond, the Confederate Navy convenes a court of inquiry over the destruction of the Merrimac	Battles/Soldiers
06/11/1862	In Richmond, the Confederate Navy court of inquiry into the scuttling of the Merrimac makes its report	Battles/Soldiers
11/04/1861 - 11/07/1861	In South Carolina, the U.S. South Atlantic Blockading Squadron takes Port Royal by naval bombardment	Battles/Soldiers
05/10/1862	In Virginia, a Union amphibious operation forces the surrender of Norfolk and its naval installations	Battles/Soldiers
05/11/1862	In Virginia, the famous and feared Confederate ironclad "Merrimac" is burned to avoid its capture	Battles/Soldiers
02/27/1862	Jefferson Davis declares martial law in and around the Virginia towns of Norfolk and Portsmouth	Lawmaking/Litigating
03/01/1862	Jefferson Davis declares martial law in the Richmond area and also bans the production of spirits	Lawmaking/Litigating
10/29/1861	Largest U.S. Fleet ever assembled sails from Norfolk, Virginia to blockade and harass the Confederate coast	Battles/Soldiers
09/03/1864	Near Norfolk, Virginia, a veteran U.S. Navy frigate burns and sinks at her moorings	Crime/Disasters
05/08/1862	Off Norfolk, Virginia, President Lincoln observes a bombardment of Confederate positions	Battles/Soldiers
03/08/1862	Off Norfolk, Virginia, the ironclad C.S.S. Virginia leads an attack that cripples the Union blockading fleet	Battles/Soldiers
05/06/1860	Oldest living former United States Senator dies in Norfolk, Virginia	Personal
10/07/1859	Passenger steamer bound for Havana disabled off Cape Hatteras, North Carolina	Crime/Disasters
10/09/1859	Passengers from the stricken steamer Quaker City landed safely in Norfolk, Virginia	Crime/Disasters
12/31/1860	Secretary of Navy orders U.S.S. Brooklyn to prepare to sail from Hampton Roads in Virginia	Battles/Soldiers
04/16/1866 - 04/17/1866	Serious civil disturbances rock Norfolk, Virginia, bringing federal troops to restore order	Crime/Disasters
01/28/1859	Steamship from Norfolk to Baltimore burns with one passenger and a crewman lost	Crime/Disasters
11/28/1864	The controversially captured raider C.S.S. Florida sinks off Norfolk, Virginia after a collision	Battles/Soldiers
10/03/1863	The cornerstone of the Soldiers' Monument is laid at Hampton National Cemetery in Virginia.	Battles/Soldiers
11/01/1861 - 11/02/1861	The South Atlantic Blockading Squadron runs into a storm on its way to South Carolina and ships are lost	Crime/Disasters

People

Birthplace of

Augusta, Alexander Thomas

Carney, William Harvey

William Harvey Carney, circa 1900, detail

Cooper, John F.

Dickinson College Alumnus - No photograph currently available

Latimer, George

Minkins, Shadrach

Newton, John

Peake, Mary Smith Kelsey

Ryan, Abram Joseph

Stone, David Davidson

David Davidson Stone, circa 1862, detail

Tucker, John Southgate

Wilkinson, John

Burial Place of

Garnett, Theodore Stanford

Page, Richard Lucian

Tucker, John Randolph

Tucker, John Southgate

Documents

Date	Title
10/28/1852	New York Times, "Runaway Slave Found," October 28, 1852
12/11/1852	New York Times, “Louisiana Legislature,” December 11, 1852
02/20/1854	Solomon Brown to William Still, February 20, 1854
05/15/1854	William Henry Gilliam to William Still, May 15, 1854
10/05/1854	W. H. Atkins to William Still, October 5, 1854
02/15/1855	Sheridan Ford to William Still, February 15, 1855
03/25/1855	Abigail Goodwin to William Still, March 25, 1855
06/23/1855	Thomas Bayne to William Still, June 23, 1855
09/29/1855	Louisville (KY) Journal, "Untitled," September 29, 1855
11/12/1855	Henry Washington to William Still, November 12, 1855
12/19/1855	Thomas Garrett to William Still, December 19, 1855
03/07/1856	Anthony and Albert Brown to William Still, March 7, 1856
03/23/1856	Thomas Garrett to William Still, March 23, 1856
06/05/1856	James H. Forman to William Still, June 5, 1856
06/15/1857	Agnes Willis to William Still, June 15, 1857
12/22/1857	New York Times, “A New York Slaver Arrived at Norfolk,” December 22, 1857
01/08/1858	Boston (MA) Liberator, "The Beauties of Personal Liberty Laws," January 8, 1858
03/22/1858	Flarece P. Gault to William Still, March 22, 1858
06/01/1858	Richmond (VA) Dispatch, "The Underground Railroad," June 1, 1858
06/22/1858	Louisville (KY) Journal, "The U.G. Railroad," June 22, 1858
09/28/1858	Charleston (SC) Mercury, “The Western Trade,” September 28, 1858
12/08/1858	Raleigh (NC) Register, “Douglas Stock Rising,” December 8, 1858
05/18/1859	Charleston (SC) Mercury, “A Fugitive Slave Returned to Florida,” May 18, 1859
06/04/1859	New York Times, “The Hyannis Fugitive Slave Case,” June 4, 1859
11/25/1859	New Orleans (LA) Picayune, "Untitled," November 25, 1859
03/17/1860	New York Times, "Democratic National Convention," March 17, 1860
09/01/1860	Chicago (IL) Press and Tribune, “The Artful Dodger,” September 1, 1860
09/10/1860	New York Times, “Speech of Mr. Breckinridge,” September 10, 1860
09/17/1860	Fayetteville (NC) Observer, “Mum on the Great Question,” September 17, 1860
09/20/1860	New York Times, “Disunion Ravings,” September 20, 1860
10/05/1860	(Jackson) Mississippian, "The 'Coercion' Issue," October 5, 1860
10/11/1860	Charlestown (VA) Free Press, “A Trap For Douglas,” October 11, 1860
10/24/1860	Chicago (IL) Press and Tribune, “Fear of Insurrection,” October 24, 1860
11/08/1860	Charlestown (VA) Free Press, “Conservative Sentiments,” November 8, 1860
11/20/1860	Charleston (SC) Mercury, "Federal Troops in the South," November 20, 1860
12/27/1860	Charlestown (VA) Free Press, “The Clouds Lowering,” December 27, 1860
01/28/1861	Chicago (IL) Tribune, “Hardly Credible,” January 28, 1861
04/23/1861	David D. Field to Abraham Lincoln, April 23, 1861
04/29/1861	Fayetteville (NC) Observer, “What Can We Believe?,” April 29, 1861
04/29/1861	Fayetteville (NC) Observer, "A New Difficulty," April 29, 1861
05/28/1861	Chicago (IL) Tribune, “Army Slave Catching,” May 28, 1861
07/04/1861	Abraham Lincoln, Message to the Congress in Special Session, July 4, 1861

Images

Norfolk and Portsmouth Harbor, Virginia, 1861, artist's impression

Norfolk, Virginia, 1862, artist's impression

Home of former Virginia Governor Henry Wise, near Norfolk, Virginia, artist's impression, zoomable image

Home of former Virginia Governor Henry Wise, near Norfolk, Virginia, artist's impression, detail

Market, Norfolk, Virginia, summer 1866, artist's impression, zoomable image.

Market, Norfolk, Virginia, summer 1866, artist's impression, detail.

Bibliography

Free Blacks in Norfolk Virginia, 1790-1860: The Darker Side of Freedom