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The Baggett family owned the Blockade Runner resort since the early 1970s but sold the property in 2023. The renovations will include fully renovated guest rooms, event areas and common spaces ...
CSS Chickamauga, originally the blockade runner Edith, was purchased by the Confederate States Navy at Wilmington, North Carolina, in September 1864.In September, when she was nearly ready for sea, the Confederate Army sought unsuccessfully to retain her at that place for use as a troop and supply transport.
Schools in Virginia Beach, Virginia (1 C, 4 P) Pages in category "Buildings and structures in Virginia Beach, Virginia" The following 23 pages are in this category, out of 23 total.
CSS Lady Sterling was a Confederate blockade runner built by James Ash at Cubitt Town, London in 1864. She was captured by Union forces of Wilmington on October 28, 1864. She was badly damaged and captured by the United States Navy on October 28, 1864, off Wilmington, North Carolina. [98] Denbigh [89] SS West Indian [99] Schooner Break O' Day ...
The state Forest Service has banned outdoor burning in 30 Western North Carolina counties in the wake of a spate of wildfires that have burned thousands of bone-dry acres.
The CSS Colonel Lamb had a length of 281, a beam of 36, and a draft of 10, and was one of the most famous and successful blockade runners in the Confederate States Navy. She was built in 1864 by Jones, Quiggin & Company, a sister ship to the CSS Hope (which preceded it that year) but with a much longer house and without the usual turtle ...
Wrightsville Beach is a town in New Hanover County, North Carolina, United States. Wrightsville Beach is just east of Wilmington and is part of the Wilmington Metropolitan Statistical Area. The population was 2,477 at the 2010 census. The town consists of a 4-mile (6 km) long beach island, an interior island called Harbor Island, and pockets of ...
CSS Robert E. Lee was a fast paddle-steamer, originally built as a Glasgow-Belfast packet boat named Giraffe, which was bought as a blockade runner for the Confederate States during the American Civil War, then subsequently served in the United States Navy as USS Fort Donelson and in the Chilean Navy as Concepción.