...e ironclad ram by Lieutenant Cushing at Plymouth, N. C., on the night of Oct. 27, 1864. It may be remembered that the ram Albemarle had suddenly appeared at Plymouth, causing the destruction of the United States steamer Southfield, the death of the brave Lieutenant Flusser, and the retreat of the double-ender Miami, and had subsequently attacked a flotilla under Capt. Melancton Smith, inflicting munch damage...