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| Old Point Comfort Lighthouse (Chesapeake Bay In Virginia) |
"[In the Revolutionary War] the transports with the land forces were sent up the James to circumvent the British and help to make possible the surrender of Yorktown. The British ships found this a rendezvous in the trying war of 1812, and here took place, just off Old Point Comfort, the famous Merrimac and Monitor engagement... ." [Source]
"A party of Royal Marines landed at Old Point Comfort... ." [Signage at Museum at Fortress Monroe]
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