Virginia. Navy
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Name (Latin)
Virginia. Navy
Other forms of name
Virginia State Navy
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Sources of Information
- Matthew Bussell and the American Revolution, c2012:p. 5 (Virginia State Navy; Virginia Navy; on Jan. 11, 1776, following the bombardment and burning of Norfolk, the Virginia state legislature passed a law to create the Virginia Navy; it grew into the largest state navy until destroyed by Benedict Arnold's invasion in April 1781)
- Wikipedia, Sept. 17, 2013:Virginia State Navy page (a Virginia State Navy or Virginia Navy existed twice - during the American Revolution, the provisional government of the Virginia Colony authorized the purchase, outfitting, and manning of armed vessels to protect the colony's waters from threated posed by the British Royal Navy; and early in the Civil War, after Virginia seceded from the Union, it briefly had a naval force that was eventually adopted by the Confederate State Navy)
Wikipedia description:
A Virginia State Navy (or Virginia Navy) existed twice. During the American Revolutionary War, the provisional government of the Virginia Colony authorized the purchase, outfitting, and manning of armed vessels to protect the colony's waters from threats posed it by the Royal Navy. Early in the American Civil War, after the state of Virginia seceded from the Union on April 17, 1861, it briefly had naval forces of its own known as the Virginia State Navy, which existed in tandem to the Provisional Army of Virginia. Both of these forces had been absorbed by the Confederate States Navy and the Confederate Army by the end of 1861.
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