Record #:

24529

Author(s):

Dunn, Michael J., III

Abstract:

Yankee sailor William B. Cushing sank the CSS ALBEMARLE (ship) in 1864 with a torpedo. This article recounts the methods used to attack the ironclad.

Source:

The State (NoCar F 251 S77), Vol. 45 Issue 5, October 1977, p18-21, il, por

Subject(s):

Cushing, William Barker, 1842-1874; CSS ALBEMARLE (Ironclad); North Carolina--History--Civil War, 1861-1865; North Carolina--History--Civil War, 1861-1865--Union naval operations