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	NationMaster - Encyclopedia: Cape Henry
		Cape Henry is a cape on the Atlantic shore of Virginia.
		It is the southern boundary of the entrance to Chesapeake Bay, and is one of the Virginia Capes (along with Cape Charles).
		Cape Henry Lighthouse, Cape Henry Virginia, Lighthouse in Virginia, Lighthouse of Virginia
	www.nationmaster.com /encyclopedia/Cape-Henry (673 words)

	Story of Fort Henry
		An attack on Fort Henry, planned in 1781, was abandoned for some unknown reason; and a contemplated attack in the summer of 1782, was thwarted.
		It was during the second siege that the ammunition ran low in the fort and a volunteer, Elizabeth Zane, sister of Ebenezer Zane,13 ran to the cabin and returned under fire with a supply of powder, thus doing her part toward defense, and furnishing the background for a much-repeated story of pioneer days.
		The fort stood on the west side of Main St. There is a small marker placed at the edge of the sidewalk on the west side of Main Street.
	www.wvculture.org /HiStory/journal_wvh/wvh1-2.html (2282 words)

	Spartanburg SC \| GoUpstate.com \| Spartanburg Herald-Journal
		Fort Henry, site of the Battle of Fort Henry in Tennessee during the American Civil War.
		Fort Henry in Studland Bay is 90-feet long, with concrete walls almost three feet thick, and a recessed observation slit 80 feet in length.
		Fort Henry was a winter camp built by Andrew Henry on Henry's Fork of the Snake River in 1810-11.
	www.goupstate.com /apps/pbcs.dll/section?category=NEWS&template=wiki&text=Fort_Henry (120 words)

	William Henry Harrison - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		William Henry Harrison (February 9, 1773 – April 4, 1841) was an American military leader, politician, and the ninth President of the United States, (1841).
		Harrison was born into a prominent political family at the Berkeley Plantation in Charles City County Virginia, the youngest of the seven children of Benjamin Harrison V and Elizabeth Basset.
		His father was a Virginia planter who served as a delegate to the Continental Congress (1774–1777), signed the Declaration of Independence (1776), and was Governor of Virginia (1781-1784).
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/William_Henry_Harrison (1644 words)

	CAPE HENRY (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
		Sent by the Virginia Company of London to explore and establish a new English colony, Newport, Edward Maria Wingfield, future President of the ruling council, Bartholomew Gosnold, a member of the council, and about 30 others, ventured ashore.
		Cape Henry Memorial, a part of Colonial National Historical Park, is administered by the National Park Service.
		A memorial cross of granite was erected in 1935 by the Daughters of the American Colonists to commemorate the site where a wooden cross was erected by those early adventurers in the spring of 1607.
	www.nps.gov /colo/capeheny/capeheny.html (879 words)

	Old Cape Henry Lighthouse - APVA Preservation Virginia
		With the construction of the Cape Henry Lighthouse, the waters of the Chesapeake Bay became navigable and safe ensuring steady trade and commerce on the Virginia and Maryland coasts.
		By November 1789, the Virginia General Assembly provided conveyance of the land "lying and being in the County of Princess Anne at the place commonly called the head land of Cape Henry" to the new government "for the purpose of building a lighthouse." Alexander Hamilton contracted with John McComb, Jr.
		On 29 April 1896, members of the Association for the Preservation of Virginia Antiquities (APVA) travelled from Richmond to place a tablet on the tower marking the first landing of the English colonists on Virginia's shores.
	www.apva.org /capehenry (888 words)

	Henry-Donelson campaigns broke South's stride in 1862 - Roanoke.com
		Johnston's orders to defend this frontier included the two forts, but the Confederate high command seemed not to appreciate their importance; he was given few resources to back up his responsibility.
		Grant took the fort fairly easily in early February 1862, with the aid of Adm. Andrew Foote and his river gunboat fleet.
		I wrote earlier that Virginia seceded from the Union when the Virginia legislature voted on the action April 16, 1861.
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	Adams Henry Carter: Free Encyclopedia Articles at Questia.com Online Library
		Henry Adams was another lifelong friend whose...readers of his "Autobiography"; and Henry Adams, who was fitted for Harvard in...unquestioned.
		In "The Education of Henry Adams" there is a record of one disastrous...
		Henry Street, for example, was an...Side of New York City where Henry Street was located (Hall, 1971...
	www.questia.com /library/encyclopedia/adams-henry-carter.jsp?l=A&p=1 (1603 words)

	Fort Henry - Education - Information - Educational Resources - Encyclopedia - Music
		Fort Henry, Ontario is a National Historic Site of Canada
		Fort Henry, Virginia is a fort situated near present day Wheeling, West Virginia
		The Battle of Fort Henry is a battle of the American Civil War
	www.music.us /education/F/Fort-Henry.htm (284 words)

	Wheeling
		Fort Fincastle, renamed Fort Henry, was built in 1774; in 1782 it was the scene of one of the last skirmishes of the American Revolution, in which a party of British and Native American attackers was driven off.
		Wheeling became the western terminus of the National Road in 1818, a port of entry in 1831, and a railhead in 1852.
		Points of interest include the site of Fort Henry; St. Joseph's Cathedral; and Oglebay Park, with museums, a nature center, and an outdoor theater.
	www.infoplease.com /ce6/us/A0852039.html (305 words)

	Zane, Ebenezer - Facts from the Encyclopedia - Yahoo! Education (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
		With his brothers Silas and Jonathan, he went west in 1769 and established the settlement at Wheeling, of which he became the leader.
		The Zanes distinguished themselves in warfare with the Native Americans in the American Revolution, defending Fort Henry in the Wheeling region from attacks in 1777 and 1782.
		It was in one of these attacks that a sister, Elizabeth, or Betty, Zane, is supposed to have displayed great heroism under fire.
	messenger.yahooligans.com /reference/encyclopedia/entry/Zane-Ebe (189 words)

	Fort Henry, Virginia - Education - Information - Educational Resources - Encyclopedia - Music
		Fort Henry, Virginia - Education - Information - Educational Resources - Encyclopedia - Music
		Fort Henry was the name given to what had previously been known as Fort Fincastle at Wheeling on the Ohio River.
		Fort Henry received its new name in 1776 to honor the new governor of Virginia, Patrick Henry.
	www.music.us /education/F/Fort-Henry,-Virginia.htm (287 words)

	Biography of Ulysses S. Grant
		In February 1862 he took Fort Henry and attacked Fort Donelson.
		When the Confederate commander asked for terms, Grant replied, "No terms except an unconditional and immediate surrender can be accepted." The Confederates surrendered, and President Lincoln promoted Grant to major general of volunteers.
		Grant directed Sherman to drive through the South while he himself, with the Army of the Potomac, pinned down Gen. Robert E. Lee's Army of Northern Virginia.
	www.whitehouse.gov /history/presidents/ug18.html (625 words)

	Historic Cape Henry, Virginia Beach - Reviews of Historic Cape Henry - IgoUgo
		Cape Henry was built in 1791 and marks the site where the Jamestown colonists first landed in the New World in 1607.
		While no longer in operation, the lighthouse remains a towering octagon at the junction of the Chesapeake Bay and the Atlantic Ocean on the small military base of Fort Story.
		Now maintained by the Association for the Preservation of Virginia Antiquities, Cape Henry is open for tourists to walk to the top for a small admissions fee.
	www.igougo.com /travelcontent/journalEntryActivity.aspx?businesscardID=88513&Mode=2 (268 words)

	Struggle for the Heartland: The Campaigns from Fort Henry to Corinth (Great Campaigns of the Civil War): Current Amazon ...
		Struggle for the Heartland: The Campaigns from Fort Henry to Corinth (Great Campaigns of the Civil War): Current Amazon U.S.A. One-Edition Data
		Struggle for the Heartland: The Campaigns from Fort Henry to Corinth (Great Campaigns of the Civil War)
		And Keep Moving On: The Virginia Campaign, May-June 1864 (Great Campaigns of the Civil War)
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