. Battles and leaders of the Civil War : being for the most part contributions by Union and Confederate officers . PLAN OF THE ALBEMARLE. The Albemarle, built at Edwardss Ferry, on the Roan-oke, thirty miles below Weldon, by Gilbert Elliott, ac-cording to the plans of Chief Constructor John L. Porter,C. S. N., was of solid pine frame timbers, each S x 10inches thick, dovetailed together, and sheathed with4-iuch plank. The Albemarle was 122 feet long, 45 feet beam, and drew 8 feet. The Albemarles shield, octago-nal in form, was 60 feet long, and was protected bytwo layers of 2-inch iron plating
. Battles and leaders of the Civil War : being for the most part contributions by Union and Confederate officers . PLAN OF THE ALBEMARLE. The Albemarle, built at Edwardss Ferry, on the Roan-oke, thirty miles below Weldon, by Gilbert Elliott, ac-cording to the plans of Chief Constructor John L. Porter,C. S. N., was of solid pine frame timbers, each S x 10inches thick, dovetailed together, and sheathed with4-iuch plank. The Albemarle was 122 feet long, 45 feet beam, and drew 8 feet. The Albemarles shield, octago-nal in form, was 60 feet long, and was protected bytwo layers of 2-inch iron plating. The prow, or ram,was of solid oak, plated with 2-inch iron, tapering toan edge. She had two engines of 200 horse-powereach. FIRST BATTLE OF THE CONFEDERATE RAM ALBEMARLE. 627. CAPTAIN J. W. COOKE, C. S. X. breathe, we made our way back up the river, hug-giug the northern bank, and reached the ramabout 1 oclock, reporting to Captain Cooke that itwas practicable to pass the obstructions providedthe boat was kept in the middle of the Cooke instantly aroused his men, gave theorder to get up steam, slipped the cables in his im-patience to be off, and started down the river. Theobstructions were soon reached and safely passed,under a fire from the fort at Warrens Neck whichwas not returned. Protected by the iron-cladshield, to those on board the noise made by theshot and shell as they struck the boat sounded nolouder than pebbles thrown against an empty bar-rel. At Boyles Mill, lower down, there was an-other fort upon which was mounted a very heavygun. This was also safely passed, and we thendiscovered two steamers corning up the proved to be the Miami and the Soufhfield. J The two ships were lashed together with longspars, and with chai
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