CSS Albemarle sunk off Plymouth, N.C.
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Photographed by W.B. Rose for A.J. Smith of New Bern, N.C.
- Date created
- 1865
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- Source
- Original image housed by Naval History and Heritage Command
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- North Carolina in the Civil War and Reconstruction: Primary sources and readings explore North Carolina during the Civil War and Reconstruction (1860–1876). Topics include debates over secession, battles and strategies, the war in North Carolina, the soldier's experience, the home front, freedom and civil rights for former slaves, Reconstruction, and the "redemption" of the state by conservatives. (Page 7.3)
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The CSS Albemarle sunk off Plymouth, North Carolina, circa 1865. She had been sunk on 27-28 October 1864 by a torpedo boat. One section of her armored casemate has been displaced. The photograph was taken from the wharf at Plymouth, with the swamp and woods opposite the town in the background.
