Battle of Elizabeth City
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Elizabeth City lies
near the mouth of the Pasquotank River, where it flows into Albemarle
Sound from the north. North of the city is the Dismal Swamp Canal. To
the east is the southern segment of the Albemarle and Chesapeake Canal,
separated from the Pasquotank River by only a narrow neck of land. Much of the
food and forage delivered from North Carolina to southeastern Virginia was
transported along these two canals. In particular, Norfolk, Virginia depended
upon continued access to the canals for its subsistence. So long as the North
Carolina Sounds remained in Confederate hands, Norfolk could be well supplied
despite the blockading efforts of the Union Navy at the mouth of the Chesapeake
Bay.
That changed,
however, in early February 1862. In a battle fought on 7–8 February, the joint
operation of a Union Army division under Major General Ambrose E.
Burnside and a naval flotilla under Flag Officer Louis M.
Goldsborough captured Roanoke Island, a position in Croatan Sound that
had previously shielded the sounds from Federal depredations. Earlier, Union
ships trying to enforce the blockade on the canals would have had to enter Pamlico
Sound through Hatteras Inlet, then pass several Confederate batteries
on Roanoke Island before they could get into Albemarle Sound. With the
elimination of the batteries, however, all that stood in the way of the Union
Navy was the Mosquito Fleet of the Confederate States Navy.
Emma Rose Roberts is an American actress, model and singer. She was born on the 10th of February in 1991. She is the daughter of actor Eric Roberts and niece of Julia Roberts. Roberts became known for her role as Addie Singer in the Nickelodeon television series “Unfabulous”. She released her debut album, which also served as the show's soundtrack “Unfabulous and More”. Roberts then pursued a solo singing career. Roberts then began to focus on her acting career, the title character in the 2007 film “Nancy Drew”, and her voice-over debut in “The Flight Before Christmas”. In 2010, she appeared in “Valentine's Day”, which also starred Julia Roberts.
ReplyDeleteElizabeth Banks is an American actress, producer and director. She was born on the 10th of February in 1974. She is best known for her roles in the films Seabiscuit, The 40-Year-Old Virgin, Invincible, Definitely, Maybe, Zack and Miri Make a Porno, W., Role Models, Wet Hot American Summer, The Uninvited, The Hunger Games, People Like Us, Man on a Ledge, and Pitch Perfect.
ReplyDeleteOn television, Banks had a recurring role as Avery Jessup on the sitcom 30 Rock, which gained her two Emmy Award nominations. Previously, Banks had starred in a recurring role as Dr. Kim Briggs on Scrubs from 2006 to 2009.
Ira Remsen (February 10, 1846 – March 4, 1927) was a chemist who, along with Constantin Fahlberg, discovered the artificial sweetener saccharin. He was the second president of Johns Hopkins University. Remsen was born in New York City and earned an M.D. from the College of Physicians and Surgeons in 1867 to please his parents. He then traveled to Germany to study chemistry - his true passion. He earned a Ph.D. from University of Göttingen in 1870. In 1875, after researching pure chemistry at University of Tübingen, Remsen returned to the United States and became a professor at Williams College, where he wrote the popular "Theoretical Chemistry". His book and reputation brought him to the attention of Daniel Coit Gilman who invited him to become one of the original faculty of Johns Hopkins University. He accepted and founded the department of chemistry there, where he ran his own laboratory. In 1879 he founded the American Chemical Journal which he edited for 35 years.
ReplyDeleteEmma Rose Roberts (born February 10, 1991) is an American actress, model and singer. She is the daughter of actor Eric Roberts and niece of Julia Roberts. Roberts became known for her role as Addie Singer in the Nickelodeon television series Unfabulous. She released her debut album, which also served as the show's soundtrack Unfabulous and More. Roberts then pursued a solo singing career by recording two songs for the soundtracks of Ice Princess and Aquamarine (in which Roberts starred as one of the leads). Roberts then began to focus on her acting career, the title character in the 2007 film Nancy Drew, and her voice-over debut in The Flight Before Christmas.
ReplyDeleteIn 2008 and 2009, Roberts was cast in the coming-of-age movies Wild Child, Memoirs of a Teenage Amnesiac and Lymelife. Roberts appeared in the 2009 family film Hotel for Dogs and The Winning Season. In 2010, she appeared in Valentine's Day, which also starred Julia Roberts. Later the same year, she had a leading role in It's Kind of a Funny Story. In 2010, she played the role of Molly in the Joel Schumacher film Twelve. In 2011, she starred as one of the leads, Jill Roberts, in the slasher film Scream 4.
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Lilia Borisova18 February 2013 08:47
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David Hartman (September 11, 1931 – February 10, 2013) was an American-Israeli rabbi and philosopher of contemporary Judaism, founder of the Shalom Hartman Institute in Jerusalem, Israel, and a Jewish author.
Lilia Borisova18 February 2013 08:47
William Watts "Buck" Biggers (June 2, 1927 – February 10, 2013) was an American novelist and co-creator of the Underdog TV series. Biggers was vice-president and co-founder of the Boston-based Victory over Violence "dedicated to creating a positive force in the media to offset the cynicism and negativity, which create a climate of violence," and has used Underdog to promote the organization.