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Pungoteague Creek is a creek in Accomack County, Virginia. Pungoteague Creek Light and Pungoteague, Virginia are named after this creek.
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- 28170 boggs wharf road melfa va pungoteague creek
- Map of Pungoteague Creek Virginia USA
- 14461 shore drive melfa va 23410 pungoteague creek mp4
- 18th Century
- 19th Century
- References
Map of Pungoteague Creek, Virginia, USA
14461 shore drive melfa va 23410 pungoteague creek mp4
18th Century
The Tobacco Inspection Act of 1730 declared that a tobacco inspection warehouse should be placed "On the head of Pungoteague, at Addison's landing; at Pitt's landing, upon Pokomoke; at Guilford, at Mr. Andrew's warehouse landing, in the county of Accomack, under one inspection"
19th Century
During the War of 1812, (on 30 May 1814) Rear Admiral George Cockburn's British forces invaded Pungoteague Creek from the Chesapeake Bay. The Corps of Colonial Marines battled from Onancock Creek to Pungoteague Creek. The troops later retreated to their base at Tangier Island
During the American Civil War, blocade runners used Pungoteague Creek and other nearby waterways to get supplies to the Confederacy despite the Union blockade at Hampton Roads.