. Histories of the several regiments and battalions from North Carolina, in the great war 1861-'65 . ^ andattached to the Staff of Commodore W. F Lynch and Commodore E with headquarters at Wilmington, N. C. Since the war he hasbeen and is now one of the most prominent business men of Carolinas Navy consisted of the seven vessels first above sold and transferred them to the Confederate Navy in the fall of1801.—Ed. ADDENDA. No adequate Roster of the North Carolinians, other thanofficers, serving in the Confederate Na\y has been Moores Roster, Vol. 4, p.
. Histories of the several regiments and battalions from North Carolina, in the great war 1861-'65 . ^ andattached to the Staff of Commodore W. F Lynch and Commodore E with headquarters at Wilmington, N. C. Since the war he hasbeen and is now one of the most prominent business men of Carolinas Navy consisted of the seven vessels first above sold and transferred them to the Confederate Navy in the fall of1801.—Ed. ADDENDA. No adequate Roster of the North Carolinians, other thanofficers, serving in the Confederate Na\y has been Moores Roster, Vol. 4, p. 443--448 is an imperfect rollof the North Carolina rank and file in Navy service. InVol. 4 of this work at page 402 is a scant reference to theNorth Carolinians serving in the Naval Battalion. Nodoubt, those in the Navy formed a considerable part of the^3,100 men from this State serving in other commands on our rolls which were reported by the AdjutantGeneral 19 November, 1864. Editor. W^^. THE Rfln ALBEMARLE. HER CONSTRUCTION AND SERVICE. By Her Builder, GILBERT ELLIOTT,* Adjutant 17th N. C. T. During the Spring of 1863, having been previously en-gaged in unsuccessful efforts to construct war vessels, of onesort or another, for the Confederate Government, at differentpoints in Eastern Korth Carolina and Virginia, I undertooka contract with the Navy Department to build an iron-cladgun-boat, intended, if ever completed, to operate on the watersof Albemarle and Pamlico Sounds. Edwards Ferry on theEoanoke river, in Halifax County, North Carolina, about 30miles below the town of Weldon, was fixed upon as the mostsuitable for the purpose. The river rises and falls, as is wellknown, and it was necessary to locate the yard on ground suf-ficiently free from overflow to admit of uninterrupted workfor at least twelve months. No vessel was ever constructedunder more adverse circumstances. The shipyard was es-tablished in a corn field, where the ground had already beenmarke
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