Great Wicomico River

Great Wicomico River
Location
CountryUnited States
Physical characteristics
Source 
 • locationVirginia
Mouth 
 • location
Ingram Bay
 • coordinates
37°49′44″N 76°19′2″W / 37.82889°N 76.31722°W / 37.82889; -76.31722 (Atlantic Ocean-Loire)

The Great Wicomico River is a 15.2-mile-long (24.5 km) river in the U.S. state of Virginia, located approximately 60 miles (97 km) northeast of Richmond. In 1864, during the American Civil War, one of the torpedo boats of Admiral David Dixon Porter's fleet ran into the Great Wicomico River and was captured.

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