The Wise guide to historic places in Virginia, 1607-1907 . ing to the right is the Administration Building and PrintingOffice. Next to the Fire Department is the Hospital. The long one story building is the Artillery School. Itwas established tor the higher technical education of officersof the Army in Balistics, Chemistry, Electricity, Sea-coastDefence, Artillery proper, and special lines in their school was established in 1867 under the command ofBrevet Major W. F. Berry. Next to the Artillery School are two sets of BachelorsQuarters, and opposite are Officers Quarters. The Po
The Wise guide to historic places in Virginia, 1607-1907 . ing to the right is the Administration Building and PrintingOffice. Next to the Fire Department is the Hospital. The long one story building is the Artillery School. Itwas established tor the higher technical education of officersof the Army in Balistics, Chemistry, Electricity, Sea-coastDefence, Artillery proper, and special lines in their school was established in 1867 under the command ofBrevet Major W. F. Berry. Next to the Artillery School are two sets of BachelorsQuarters, and opposite are Officers Quarters. The Poynt Comfort Inn is a private enterprise builton Government Reservation. Guard Mount daily (except Sunday) at 11:30 Guard Mount Sunday at 9:30 a. m. Parade, with Butts Manual to music, daily (exceptSaturday and Sunday) IHH I p^^^^K^ 1 H iMHi H^^^K Kp^P, ^^H ^S^P ^K^^W l^S^^^^k^^^^ ^^^^^^^^^Hb^^v#|^^S fllHi^^Bi ^ > IHlHi ^^^^l^Mp^ ^^^H ^^^^HJK-f*- ^^^^Hk ) -^1^^^^^ I^^^^K^ HHj w H^^!P m. ,^^ , T^HE bridge which joins Old Point B-*hoeE3tiS I and Phoebus is replete with memo-ries. It was here that the first flag of truce was seen dur-ing the Civil War, when Major Carey of the Confed-erate forces sought an interview with General Butler in re-gard to three runaway negro slaves of Colonel Mallory, whohad taken refuge in Fortress Monroe. General Butler heldthe negroes contraband of war and refused to returnthem. The consultation lasted four hours, during whichtime Major Carey and General Butler rode up the beach toBuck Roe. Josiah Simpson Hospital is located between Phoebusand Buck Roe. Many veterans of the Spanish War retainvivid recollections of the Hospital, which received patientsfrom the tented city of Newport News, and convalescentsfrom the Cuban campaign. -^ - -^ DUCKROE was the site chosen Buck Roe D ,- ,, - , ,• i a- f i ^^ ^ for the establishment of grape cul- ture, and here the French Vigner-ons, brought over by Antony Bonall in 1621, instructed thepeople
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