Everything about Mulberry Island totally explained
Mulberry Island is located along the
James River in
southeastern Virginia at the confluence of the
Warwick River on the
Virginia Peninsula.
History
Mulberry Island was settled shortly after
Jamestown was established downriver a few miles in 1607. It was at Mulberry Island where the colonists preparing to leave Virginia during the Starving Time in 1610 were met by
Thomas West, 3rd Baron De La Warr with fresh provisions from England. By 1614, thousands of acres were under cultivation with
tobacco, the export crop introduced by
John Rolfe which saved the
Virginia Colony financially.
During the
American Civil War, Mulberry Island was the southern end of the
Warwick Line, a series of defensive works built across the
Virginia Peninsula to
Yorktown manned by troops of Confederate General
John B. Magruder during the
Peninsula Campaign of 1862.
Mulberry Island was always considered a strategic point on the river for military purposes. During the first World War, Camp Abraham Eustis was established on the historic island and adjacent land in
Warwick County, upstream from
Newport News Shipbuilding and Drydock Company. Named for
Abraham Eustis, a famous
U.S. Army General from
Petersburg, the army camp became
Fort Eustis and a permanent Army base in 1923.
Modern times
Fort Eustis is currently home to the
U.S. Army Transportation Corps. Since 1958, following a political consolidation of the former Warwick County with the
independent city of
Newport News, almost all of the base and all of Mulberry Island are located within the corporate limits of Newport News. An Army Aviation School is also located at Fort Eustis.
An array of ships part of the
National Defense Reserve Fleet are anchored adjacent to Mulberry Island in the middle of the James River. Considered an environmental hazard, the numbers of this reserve fleet are being reduced each year as ships are transported away as scrap. These ships are termed the "Ghost Fleet" in local parlance.
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