. The photographic history of the Civil War : in ten volumes . REMARKABLE PHOTOGRAPHS OF CONFEDERATE RAMS—THE ALBEMARLE THE CAPTURED RAMS These pictures are remarkableas being among the scantremaining photographic evi-dence of the efforts made bythe Confederacy to put a navyinto actual existence. TheAlbemarle was built at thesuggestion of two men whoseexperience had been limited tothe construction of the supervision of Com-mander James W. Cooke,C. S. N., the vessel was com-pleted; and on April 18, 1864,she started down the river,with the forges and workmenstill aboard of her,
. The photographic history of the Civil War : in ten volumes . REMARKABLE PHOTOGRAPHS OF CONFEDERATE RAMS—THE ALBEMARLE THE CAPTURED RAMS These pictures are remarkableas being among the scantremaining photographic evi-dence of the efforts made bythe Confederacy to put a navyinto actual existence. TheAlbemarle was built at thesuggestion of two men whoseexperience had been limited tothe construction of the supervision of Com-mander James W. Cooke,C. S. N., the vessel was com-pleted; and on April 18, 1864,she started down the river,with the forges and workmenstill aboard of her, completingher armor. Next day shesank the Southfield. Inthe picture she is in Federalhands, having been raised after. THE CONFEDERATE RAM LADY DAVIS Cushings famous exploit hadput her //0 dii combat. TlieLady Davis, formerly a tug,was purchased in Baltimoreand was the first war-vessel tobe put afloat by the State ofSoutli Carolina, March 13,1861. Slie made several cap-tures of Federal vessels aroundCharleston and was in Tatt-nalls little fleet on the the picture she is in sharpand significant contrast withthe huge sailing frigate whosewooden sitles and many gunsalready belong to a past efforts that brought suchvessels as the Albemarle andthe Lady Davis into thewar marked the beginning of anew American navy. In thesepictures both of these formida-ble vessels have been stripped.
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