By 1863, Currituck Sound and the surrounding area were under Union control, and local farmers and merchants sought Federal permission to carry their produce to Norfolk along this route. Union Gen. Henry M. Naglee, commander of the military district, allowed such travel in July and August 1863 if county residents obtained passes from the Federal provost marshal and pledged to do what they could to stop smuggling and partisan attacks. On August 10, thirteen Currituck residents, including several from Moyock, and one Camden County resident replied that they supported ending irregular warfare and smuggling but insisted that citizens were not responsible for those acts and had no control over the people engaged in them. Partisan warfare and smuggling nevertheless continued, as neither soldiers nor civilians could halt them, and trade with Norfolk continued as well. This community near Shingle Landing Creek served as a gateway to Norfolk. Since colonial times it was also called Moyock, and that name became official in 1857 when the post office was established. Shingle Landing took its name from shingles made from Dismal Swamp cypress. In August 1864, after Union soldiers were fired on near Shingle Landing and two were killed, troops burned houses there, and one account recalls that after two Yankee soldiers were shot near Moyock, men from the camp set the village on fire and burned everything, including livestock.