Record #:

12079

Author(s):

Wellman, Manly Wade

Abstract:

Assigned to building and floating an ironclad warship to help recapture North Carolina positions, 1st Lt. Gilbert Elliot designed the CSS Albemarle during the spring of 1863. Constructed at Edward's Ferry, on the Roanoke River, the CSS Albemarle was built in a cornfield owned by William Ruffin Smith.

Source:

The State (NoCar F 251 S77), Vol. 24 Issue 6, Aug 1956, p13-14, il

Subject(s):

ALBEMARLE (Ship); Armored vessels