| 词条 | Pungoteague Creek |
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Pungoteague Creek is a creek in Accomack County, Virginia. Pungoteague Creek Light and Pungoteague, Virginia are named after this creek. 18th centuryThe Tobacco Inspection Act of 1730 declared that a tobacco inspection warehouse should be placed "On the head of Pungoteague, at Addison's landing; at Pitt's landing, upon Pokomoke; at Guilford, at Mr. Andrew's warehouse landing, in the county of Accomack, under one inspection" [1] 19th centuryDuring the War of 1812, (on 30 May 1814) Rear Admiral George Cockburn's British forces invaded Pungoteague Creek from the Chesapeake Bay.[2] The Corps of Colonial Marines battled from Onancock Creek to Pungoteague Creek.[3] The troops later retreated to their base at Tangier Island [2] During the American Civil War, blockade runners used Pungoteague Creek and other nearby waterways to get supplies to the Confederacy despite the Union blockade at Hampton Roads.[4] See also
References1. ^{{cite web|url=http://www.encyclopediavirginia.org/_An_Act_for_amending_the_Staple_of_Tobacco_and_for_preventing_Frauds_in_his_Majesty_s_Customs_1730 |title=An Act for amending the Staple of Tobacco; and for preventing Frauds in his Majesty's Customs (1730) |publisher=Encyclopedia Virginia |date= |accessdate=2012-10-14}} {{coord missing|Virginia}}{{Virginia-river-stub}}2. ^1 {{cite web|url=http://www.markerhistory.com/pungoteague-engagement-marker-wy-12/ |title=Pungoteague Engagement WY-12 |publisher=Marker History |date= |accessdate=2012-10-14}} 3. ^{{cite web|url=http://easternshoreheritage.com/processions/accomack/stg_11/household_1.htm |title=Household 1 - John Smith |publisher=Easternshoreheritage.com |date= |accessdate=2012-10-14}} 4. ^{{cite web|url=http://www.easternshoreheritage.com/civil_war/eastern_shore_blockade_runners.php|title= Some goods traveled along the coast, some down the Chesapeake Bay, and some down the Delmarva Peninsula over land to Accomac. From there, the supplies for the south crossed the Bay in small schooners and row boats, leaving from one of the inlets, including Pungoteague and Onancock, to York and Rappahannock on the western shore, where wagons would take the goods to Richmond (Mills:74-75)|publisher=Easternshoreheritage.com|accessdate=2012-10-14}} 2 : Rivers of Virginia|Rivers of Accomack County, Virginia |
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