. Abraham Lincoln and the battles of the Civil War . wreck of the Southfield, wliose top deckwas then above water, but they failed to seethe boat. A boom of logs had been arrangedaround the Albemarle, distant about thirt)* feetfrom her side. Captain Cooke had plannedand superintended the construction of this ar-rangement before giving up the command ofthe vessel to Captain A. F. Warley. Cushingran his boat up to these logs, and there, undera hot fire, lowered and exploded the torpedounder the Albemarles bottom, causmg her tosettle down and finally to sink at the wharfThe torpedo-boat and crew
. Abraham Lincoln and the battles of the Civil War . wreck of the Southfield, wliose top deckwas then above water, but they failed to seethe boat. A boom of logs had been arrangedaround the Albemarle, distant about thirt)* feetfrom her side. Captain Cooke had plannedand superintended the construction of this ar-rangement before giving up the command ofthe vessel to Captain A. F. Warley. Cushingran his boat up to these logs, and there, undera hot fire, lowered and exploded the torpedounder the Albemarles bottom, causmg her tosettle down and finally to sink at the wharfThe torpedo-boat and crew were captured;but Cushing refusing to surrender, thoughtwice called upon so to do, sprang into theriver, dived to the bottom, and swam acrossto a swamp opposite the town, thus makinghis escape; and on the next night, after hav-ing experienced great suffering, wanderingthrough the swamp, he succeeded in obtaininga small canoe, and made his way back to thefleet. The river front being no longer protected,and no appliances for raising the sunken vessel. CAPTAIN F. WARLEY, C. S. N. being available, on October 31 the Federalforces attacked and captured the town ofPlymouth.* Gilbert Elliott. II. THE ALBEMARLE AND THE SASSACUS. AN ATTEMPT TO RUN DOWN AN IRON-CLAD WITH A WoODKN SHIP. THE United States steamer Sassaciis wasone of several wooden side-wheel ships,known as double-enders, built for speed,light draught, and ease of manoeuvre in battle,as they could go ahead or back with equalfacility. She carried four 9-inch Dahlgrenguns and two loo-pounder Parrott rifles. Onthe 5th of May, 1864, this ship, while engaged,together with the Mattabesett, Wyaliisiiig, andseveral smaller vessels, with the Confeder-ate iron-clad Albemarle in Albemarle Sound,was, under the command of Lieutenant-Com-mander F. A. Roe, and with all the speedattainable, driven down upon the ram, strik-ing full and square at the junction of its ar-mored roof and deck. It was the first attenijitof the kind and
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