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Sacrifices of The Confederate Navy: The North Carolina Built Ironclads
Sacrifices of The Confederate Navy: The North Carolina Built Ironclads
The Ship
The Builder
Her Captains
Her Career, Hard Luck
and Sacrifice
CSS Albemarle
Planned by John L. Porter, Chief Constructor CSN
Built by Gilbert Elliott at Edwards Ferry, NC
Gilbert Elliott
Her Builder
Construction
Battle of Plymouth
April 17, 1864
The Aftermath
Teredo Worms
The termites of the sea
Whats Left?
Replicas
Sources:
Ironclad of the Roanoke by Robert G.
Elliot
The Hunt for the Albemarle by John Hinds
Official Records of the Union and
Confederate Navies in the War of the
Rebellion