Visitors' Hand Book of Old Point Comfort, Virginia and Vicinity: Including Fort Monroe, National Soldiers' Home, National Cemetery, Hampton Institute, ... Newport News, Norfolk, Etc (Classic Reprint) - Softcover

C. W. Betts

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0366660756 ISBN 13: 9780366660759

Publisher: Forgotten Books, 2018

Synopsis

Excerpt from Visitors' Hand Book of Old Point Comfort, Virginia and Vicinity: Including Fort Monroe, National Soldiers' Home, National Cemetery, Hampton Institute, Town of Hampton, Newport News, Norfolk, Etc

In their open boats they were exposed to the full force of the blast, and sought in vain to stem its fury and find their way into some convenient harbor. Unable to ride at anchor, they put their frail bark before the wind and scudded toward the southward. York river was passed; then Back river, neither of which thev could make; till finally they came to the sandy strip of land jutting out into the entrance of the James River, rounding which they found shelter from the storm, and hamed the place, in gratitude of heart, Point Cum/art. The adjective old, has since been giv en to distinguish it from its sister shelter, New Point Comfort, higher up' the bay.

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Edition details

• Publisher: Forgotten Books
• Publication date: 2018
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0366660756
• ISBN 13: 9780366660759
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 102