World / USA / Virginia / Hopewell, 12 km from center Coordinates: 37°22'35"N   77°22'30"W
Dutch Gap

This twelve-mile oxbow through the mighty James was the graveyard for untold number of Union ships during the Civil War. The Union solved this problem by digging a hole.
Wikipedia: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dutch_Gap
Category: region union river war civil confederacy temp names chesterfield


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