Union troops occupy Norfolk as Confederates burn the navy yard
May 10, 1862, Norfolk, Virginia.
- Date
- May 10, 1862
- Where
- Norfolk, Virginia
- What happened
- Captured
- Event
- 36 of 174
General John E. Wool landed at Willoughby and marched on Norfolk, and the Confederates evacuated the city and Fort Norfolk. They burned the Gosport yard again as they left. Without a home port, CSS Virginia was blown up off Craney Island on May 11.
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