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Al bemarle Sunk North Carolina Blockade Run Saga
The Albemarle nautical saga unfolds from Union blockade battles to her destruction by torpedo at Plymouth. The ram’s construction in pine barrens, the May 5 engagement with Sassacus and Mattabesett, and Cushing's daring night raid to sink her with spar torpedoes are recounted with names such as Wood, Cooke, Flusser, Roe, and Maffitt. The daring mission ends with the ram going down after Cushing’s launch treks and a dramatic escape.
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American Press Association
North Carolina
Plymouth
Bermuda
Nassau
Wilmington
Hatteras Inlet
Roanoke Island
Burnside
Albemarle
Pamlico Sounds
Roanoke River
Fort Warren
Miami
Southfield
C. W. Flusser
Albemaria
Flamer
Albemarle Sound
Hoke
Wessells
Flusser
North Atlantic
Roanoke
Merrimac
Les
Gilbert Elliott
Thme
J. W. Cooke
Ofavy
Cooke
Virginia
Ellis
Pine
Stoichionad Bet Dee
Tredegar
Toda
Halifax
Asist
J. N. Maffitt
Pendad
Gane
Spice No. 10
No. 11
Siunster
Albemarie
Cory Neha
Cocke
Levy Barchard
Charles Baldwin
John W. Loyd
Benjamin Loyd
John Laverty
Allen Crawford
Baldwin
Penrest
Crawford
W. B. Cushing
Cushing
Lea
Navy Department
Washington
New York Harbor
Chesapeake Bay
Chesapeake
Albemarne
Marie
A. F. Warley
Lieut
Maffitt
Albemaarle
Warley
Defos