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historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM12N7_85th-redoubt_Plymouth-NC.html
Union fort built by the 85th New York Regiment. It was taken on April 18, 1864, in one of the heaviest assaults of the siege.
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM12N5_ransoms-assault_Plymouth-NC.html
General Matt Ransom's brigade formed in line of battle near here in the final Confederate attack, April 20, 1864.
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM12N4_hokes-final-line_Plymouth-NC.html
The extreme left flank of Confederate General Robt. F. Hoke's brigade was formed a few yds. N. just before the final attack, April 20, 1864.
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM12MN_ram-albemarle_Plymouth-NC.html
Confederate ironclad, winner of notable victories under Capt. J. W. Cooke, was sunk 600 feet north, night of Oct. 27, 1864.
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM12MK_battle-of-plymouth_Plymouth-NC.html
Confederates under Gen. Robert F. Hoke, aided by the ram "Albemarle," took the town, April 17-20, 1864.
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM12M2_ausborn-house_Plymouth-NC.html
Bullet holes around the upstairs window of the Ausbon House are haunting reminders of a fight to the death here on December 10, 1862, when a Confederate sniper refused to surrender. Hoping to drive out the U.S. forces occupying Plymouth then, Lt. …
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM12M0_cushings-torpedo_Plymouth-NC.html
CSS Albemarle, which had been built in a cornfield beside the Roanoke River in 1863-1864, helped drive the U.S. Army from Plymouth in April 1864 and defeated seven U.S. gunboats in May. The ironclad ram seemed invincible, but 21-year-old US. Navy …
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM12LY_battle-of-plymouth_Plymouth-NC.html
The Battle of Plymouth, April 17-20, 1864, was the last major Confederate victory of the Civil War and the third largest battle fought in North Carolina. Two North Carolinians, Gen. Robert F. Hoke and Gen. Matthew W. Ransom, led the Confederate in…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM12LX_css-albemarle_Plymouth-NC.html
In 1863, 19-year-old engineer Gilbert Elliott contracted with the Confederate Navy Department to construct an ironclad gunboat designed by John L. Porter, the navy's chief architect. Elliott built the vessel at Edwards Ferry on the Roanoke River, …
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM12KO_battle-of-plymouth_Plymouth-NC.html
At 4 P.M. on April 17, 1864, an advanced Union patrol on the Washington Road (A) was captured by Confederate cavalry (B). A company of the 12th N.Y. Cavalry attacked the Confederates, but was repulsed (C). Soon a large force of Confederate infantr…