Dutch Gap Canal is located on the James River in Chesterfield County, Virginia just north of the lost 17th-century town of Henricus. The canal's construction...
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General Butler's troops built the Dutch Gap Canal, across the neck of the peninsula. In the 1870s, the Dutch Gap Canal was expanded and became the main...
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The Dutch Gap Canal Lights were built to mark the ends of Dutch Gap Canal, now called Dutch Gap Cutoff, which is a 3⁄4 nautical mile (1.4 km; 0.86 mi)...
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810-acre (3.3 km2) Dutch Gap Conservation Area. In 1922, Chesterfield County annexed the former location of Henricus south of the Dutch Gap Canal from Henrico...
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to the horrors of war while photographing the construction of the Dutch Gap Canal: after an artillery shell exploded next to him, it was said, "shaking...
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James River for patrol duty until 15 May, engaging enemy batteries at Dutch Gap Canal on 1 April and 2 April. After cruising to Havana, Cuba, between 17...
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James River. It was present, but lacked shells during the fighting at Dutch Gap Canal on 13 August and 22 October 1864. Shells were delivered on 27 October...
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01:30. The latter two ships continued downriver and anchored below the Dutch Gap Canal to await the rest of the squadron. The squadron commander, Flag Officer...
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on what is now known as Farrar's Island, near the location of the Dutch Gap Canal today. Henrico had been founded to eventually replace Jamestown as...
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housed his staff. During that time, Butler, nicknamed "Dutch", led the effort to dig the Dutch Gap canal. Varina is located near a site of the (multi-site)...
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Lighthouse". Chesapeake Chapter U.S.L.H.S. Retrieved October 17, 2017. "Dutch Gap Canal Lights". Chesapeake Chapter U.S.L.H.S. Retrieved October 17, 2017....
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and Hatcher Island cutoffs and was preceded by the digging of the Dutch Gap Canal during the Civil War. In 1952, Presquile's owner, Adolph Dill Williams...
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colonies in America were brought to this peninsula on a ship flying the Dutch flag in 1619, beginning a long ignoble period of slavery in the colonies...
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under the command of Major General Benjamin Butler began building the Dutch Gap Canal in August to try to bypass Confederate land defenses in the area. On...
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