In and out of rebel prisons . CHAPTER I. Description of Plymouth, N. C. Plymouth, in 1863-4, was a small town, situate onthe Roanoke river, al)out six miles from \^4lel•e the watersof that stream enters the Albermarle Sound. The river at Plymouth is nearly a quarter ot a milewide, and with a sufficient depth of water to Hoat thelargest drau^jht gunl)oats. The shore next the town wassupplied \\ith a wharf for landing steamers that navigatethe river; l)ut the gunlioats, of which there were quite anumher stationed there, were usually anchored in themiddle of the stream. The town was enclosed with
In and out of rebel prisons . CHAPTER I. Description of Plymouth, N. C. Plymouth, in 1863-4, was a small town, situate onthe Roanoke river, al)out six miles from \^4lel•e the watersof that stream enters the Albermarle Sound. The river at Plymouth is nearly a quarter ot a milewide, and with a sufficient depth of water to Hoat thelargest drau^jht gunl)oats. The shore next the town wassupplied \\ith a wharf for landing steamers that navigatethe river; l)ut the gunlioats, of which there were quite anumher stationed there, were usually anchored in themiddle of the stream. The town was enclosed with eartli-wt)rks, with the exception of al)out two hundred yards onthe left next the river which was rather low and marshy,and covered with ([uite a thick growth of alders and otherhushes. On the extreme right, on the bank of the river,was Battery Worth; a small earthwork, just large enoughto work a two hundred pound Parrot gun, with which itwas supplied, and accommodate twenty or thirty men tohandle and support it. This was
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