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Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), Albemarle, the, (search)
Albemarle, the, A powerful Confederate iron-clad vessel that patrolled the waters off the coast of North Carolina during Ram Albemarle. a part of the Civil War. Late in October, 1864, Lieut. W. B. Cushing, a daring young officer of the United States navy, undertook to destroy it. It was lying at Plymouth, behind a barricade of logs 30 feet in width. With a small steam-launch equipped as a torpedo-boat, Cushing moved in towards Plymouth on a dark night (Oct. 27), with a crew of thirteen officers and men, part of whom had volunteered for this service. The launch had a cutter in tow. They were within 20 yards of the ram before the were discovered, when its pickets began firing. In the face of a severe discharge of musketry. Cushing pressed to the attack. He drove his launch far into the log barricade, lowered his torpedo boom, and drove it directly under the overhang of the ram. The mine was exploded, and at the same moment one of the guns of the Albemarle hurled a heavy bolt
Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), Cushing, William Barker 1843-1874 (search)
ruction of a Confederate ironclad ram by Lieutenant Cushing at Plymouth, N. C., on the night of Oct.lvern. This was my first acquaintance with Cushing, and, after inquiring into all the circumstanween England and the United States. I showed Cushing the order, but he was not disconcerted. Admi Captain Breese returned with the report that Cushing was on his way, and that it was all right. Nr, and the third man sank to rise no more. Cushing himself was much exhausted. He had managed tsank. Thus the only two survivors known to Cushing from the steam-launch had sunk before his eyenk at a point about a mile below Plymouth. Cushing dragged himself into an adjacent swamp, and, rrow. As soon as his strength would allow, Cushing plunged into the dense swamp, where he was nos were in great consternation. Thus cheered, Cushing pursued his tedious journey through the swampket. By eleven o'clock the following night Cushing reached the gunboat Valley City, out in the s[35 more...]
Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), Lay, John L. 1832-1899 (search)
Lay, John L. 1832-1899 inventor; born in Buffalo, N. Y., Jan. 14, 1832; joined the United States navy in July, 1862, as a second assistant engineer. He invented the torpedo with which Lieut. William B. Cushing (q. v.) sank the Confederate ram Albemarle. In 1867 he designed the Lay submarine torpedo-boat, which was later purchased by the United States government. He died in New York City, April 17, 1899.