Laird & Lee's guide to historic Virginia and the Jamestown centennial ..Full statistics and itinerary .. . ade entirely of stone,brought from Constantinople, is also most represents the first cannon-balls ever used and itwould fill the muzzle of the largest gun now in exist-ence. Four carronades bearing the words, Republicade Yucatan were captured in the war with larger ones were taken on the lakes from theBritish during the War of 1812. In 1861 the Federal troops evacuated the yards andthe XT. S. battleship Pennsylvania was burned to thewaters edge. Naval Hospital.—
Laird & Lee's guide to historic Virginia and the Jamestown centennial ..Full statistics and itinerary .. . ade entirely of stone,brought from Constantinople, is also most represents the first cannon-balls ever used and itwould fill the muzzle of the largest gun now in exist-ence. Four carronades bearing the words, Republicade Yucatan were captured in the war with larger ones were taken on the lakes from theBritish during the War of 1812. In 1861 the Federal troops evacuated the yards andthe XT. S. battleship Pennsylvania was burned to thewaters edge. Naval Hospital.—About one mile from the NavyYard. The grounds surrounding the hospital coverseventy-five acres. Admiral Cervera was held here onparole as a prisoner of war. A monument on the — 34 — grounds marks the site of old Fort Nelson of Revolu-tionary fame. The • hospital building was erected grounds were acquired by the Navy Departmentin 1827. The building has been used for hospital pur-poses during every American war that has occurredsince its erection. A cemetery is attached to the. TRINITY CHURCH, PORTSMOUTH grounds where a number of prominent men are sixty Confederate soldiers and sailors are alsointerred in these grounds. A monument erected tothe memory of soldiers and sailors buried here was un-veiled by President Roosevelt, Memorial Day, May30, 1906. Trinity Church (High and Court Street).—This beau-tiful edifice was erected 1762; rebuilt 1829 and remod- — 35 — eled in 1893. During the Civil War the building wasoccupied by Federal troops as a hospital and duringthe War of 1812 it was converted into barracks. The original roof still remains, blackened with the old churchyard are many tombs with quaintinscriptions reminding one of the vicissitudes of timeand war. Here lies buried Commodore Barron, whoduring the War of 1812 was suspended from the serviceand later restored, subsequently (1820) killing Commo-dore Decatur in a duel.
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