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Battle Of Plymouth (1864)
The Battle of Plymouth was an engagement during the American Civil War that was fought from April 17 through April 20, 1864, in Washington County, North Carolina. Battle In a combined operation with the ironclad ram CSS ''Albemarle'', Confederate forces under Maj. Gen. Robert F. Hoke, attacked the Federal garrison at Plymouth, North Carolina, on April 17. On April 19, the ram appeared in the river, sinking the USS ''Southfield'', damaging the USS ''Miami'', and driving off the other Union Navy ships supporting the Plymouth garrison. Confederate forces captured Fort Comfort, driving defenders into Fort Williams. On April 20, the garrison surrendered. Plymouth citizens are believed to have taken refuge in the basement of the Latham House during the Battle of Plymouth. Order of battle Union forces Plymouth Garrison: Brig. Gen. Henry W. Wessells *1st North Carolina Infantry (Union) *2nd North Carolina Infantry (Union) *101st Pennsylvania Infantry *103rd Pennsylvania In ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
American Civil War
The American Civil War (April 12, 1861 – May 26, 1865; also known by other names) was a civil war in the United States. It was fought between the Union ("the North") and the Confederacy ("the South"), the latter formed by states that had seceded. The central cause of the war was the dispute over whether slavery would be permitted to expand into the western territories, leading to more slave states, or be prevented from doing so, which was widely believed would place slavery on a course of ultimate extinction. Decades of political controversy over slavery were brought to a head by the victory in the 1860 U.S. presidential election of Abraham Lincoln, who opposed slavery's expansion into the west. An initial seven southern slave states responded to Lincoln's victory by seceding from the United States and, in 1861, forming the Confederacy. The Confederacy seized U.S. forts and other federal assets within their borders. Led by Confederate President Jefferson Da ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
USS Southfield (1857)
USS ''Southfield'' was a double-ended, sidewheel steam gunboat of the Union Navy during the American Civil War. She was sunk in action against the Confederate ironclad ram CSS ''Albemarle'' during the Battle of Plymouth (1864). ''Southfield'' was built in 1857 at Brooklyn, New York by John English, and served as a ferry between South Ferry, New York, and St. George, Staten Island, until she was purchased by the U.S. Navy at New York City on December 16, 1861 from the New York Ferry Company. She was commissioned late in December 1861, Acting Volunteer Lieutenant Charles F. W. Behm in command. Service history Battle of Roanoke Island, 1862 The double-ended gunboat joined the North Atlantic Blockading Squadron at Hampton Roads on the afternoon of January 2, 1862. On January 11, Admiral Louis M. Goldsborough ordered ''Southfield'' to proceed to Hatteras Inlet, North Carolina, the staging area for an expedition against Roanoke Island, which controlled navigation in the North C ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
USS Mattabesett (1863)
USS ''Mattabesett'', sometimes spelled ''Mattabeset'', a schooner-rigged, wooden hulled, double-ended sidewheel gunboat, was built by A. & G. T. Sampson, Boston, Massachusetts, and named for the Mattabesset River in Connecticut. ''Mattabesett'' was delivered to the New York Navy Yard on January 18, 1864, and commissioned April 7, 1864, Commander John C. Febiger in command. Service history ''Mattabesett'' departed New York on April 21, 1864, for duty in the North Atlantic Blockading Squadron and arrived at Hampton Roads on April 23 as escort to . Continuing down the coast to enter the North Carolina Sounds, she took part in an engagement between Union forces and the Confederate ram CSS ''Albemarle'', accompanied by CSS ''Bombshell'' and CSS ''Cotton Plant'', off the mouth of the Roanoke River on May 5. In the course of the battle, leading to the capture of Plymouth, North Carolina by Confederate forces, ''Mattabesett'', with , captured ''Bombshell'', but ''Albemarle'' an ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
USS Whitehead
USS ''Whitehead'', a screw steamer built in 1861 at New Brunswick, New Jersey, served as a gunboat in the United States Navy during the American Civil War. ''Whitehead'' was purchased by the Navy on 17 October 1861 at New York City from D. B. Martin, and commissioned on 19 November 1861, Acting Master Charles A. French in command. Service history North Carolina blockade, 1862 The following day, ''Whitehead'' reached Hampton Roads and joined the North Atlantic Blockading Squadron. She sailed for the North Carolina coast on 28 December 1861 and arrived at Hatteras Inlet on 4 January 1862. During the next few months, the steamer ''Whitehead'' carried out extensive operations against Confederate vessels and shore installations in the sounds and rivers of North Carolina. On 7–8 February, she helped to capture Roanoke Island. On 10 February, ''Whitehead'' took schooner ''M. C. Etheridge'' on the Pasquotank River. On 10 April, she made prizes of schooners ''Comet'' and ''J. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
USS Ceres (1856)
USS ''Ceres'' was a small steamboat acquired by the Union Navy during the beginning of the American Civil War. She was outfitted as a gunboat and used in the Union blockade of the waterways of the Confederate States of America. Service history ''Ceres'', an armed side-wheel merchant steamer, was built at Keyport, New Jersey in 1856. ''Ceres'' was purchased by the United States Navy on 11 September 1861, fitted out at the Washington Navy Yard, and commissioned the same month, Acting Master J. L. Elliott in command. Originally assigned to the Potomac Flotilla, ''Ceres'' was ordered on 18 September 1861 to report to the North Atlantic Blockading Squadron, and for the remainder of the war, aside from repair periods at Baltimore, Maryland operated in the rivers and sounds of Virginia and North Carolina. Here she maintained the close watch for Confederate States merchantmen through which the blockading forces provided so important a part of the U.S. Navy's contribution in the Am ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
24th Independent Battery New York Light Artillery
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2nd Regiment Massachusetts Volunteer Heavy Artillery
The 2nd Massachusetts Volunteer Heavy Artillery Regiment was a regimental unit that fought in the American Civil War from 1863 to 1865. Initially formed 28 July 1863 in Readville, Massachusetts with Company A, it was supported with 11 other companies ending with Company M on 24 December 1863 (Company J did not exist). The 2nd served in the states of Virginia and North Carolina during operations in Plymouth, North Carolina, Kinston, and Virginia Virginia, officially the Commonwealth of Virginia, is a state in the Mid-Atlantic and Southeastern regions of the United States, between the Atlantic Coast and the Appalachian Mountains. The geography and climate of the Commonwealth ar .... References Units and formations of the Union Army from Massachusetts 1863 establishments in Massachusetts Artillery units and formations of the American Civil War Military units and formations established in 1863 Military units and formations disestablished in 1865 {{AmericanC ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
37th United States Colored Infantry
The 37th United States Colored Infantry was an infantry regiment that served in the Union Army during the American Civil War. The regiment was composed of African American enlisted men commanded by white officers and was authorized by the Bureau of Colored Troops which was created by the United States War Department on May 22, 1863. Service The 37th U.S. Colored Infantry was organized February 8, 1864 from the 3rd North Carolina Colored Infantry for three-year service under the command of Colonel Nathan Goff, Jr. The regiment was attached to U.S. Forces, Norfolk and Portsmouth, Virginia, Department of Virginia and North Carolina, to April 1864. 1st Brigade, Hincks' Colored Division, XVIII Corps, Army of the James, to June 1864. 1st Brigade, 3rd Division, X Corps, to July 1864. Unattached, Army of the James, to August 1864. 1st Brigade, 3rd Division, XVIII Corps, to December 1864. 3rd Brigade, 3rd Division, XXV Corps, to January, 1865. 3rd Brigade, 3rd Division, Terry's Provision ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
10th United States Colored Infantry
The 10th United States Colored Infantry was an infantry regiment that served in the Union Army during the American Civil War. The regiment was composed of African American enlisted men commanded by white officers and was authorized by the Bureau of Colored Troops which was created by the United States War Department on May 22, 1863. Service The 10th U.S. Colored Infantry was organized at Camp Craney Island, Virginia beginning November 18, 1863 and mustered in for three-year service under the command of Colonel Spencer H. Stafford. The regiment was attached to Drummondstown, Virginia, Department of Virginia and North Carolina, December 1863 to April 1864. 1st Brigade, Hincks' Colored Division, XVIII Corps, Army of the James, Department of Virginia and North Carolina, to June 1864. 1st Brigade, 3rd Division, XVIII Corps, to July 1864. Unattached, XVIII Corps, to August 1864. 3rd Brigade, 3rd Division, XVIII Corps, to December 1864. 3rd Brigade, 1st Division, XXV Corps, to January ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
85th New York Volunteer Infantry
The 85th New York Infantry Regiment was an infantry regiment in the Union Army during the American Civil War. Service The 85th New York Infantry was organized at Elmira, New York beginning in August 1861 and mustered in for three-years service on December 2, 1861 under the command of Colonel Uriah L. Davis. The regiment was attached to 3rd Brigade, Casey's Division, Army of the Potomac, to March 1862. 3rd Brigade, 3rd Division, IV Corps, Army of the Potomac, to June 1862. 2nd Brigade, 2nd Division, IV Corps, to September 1862. Wessell's Brigade, Division at Suffolk, VII Corps, Department of Virginia, to December 1862. 1st Brigade, 1st Division, Department of North Carolina, to January 1863. 1st Brigade, 4th Division, XVIII Corps, Department of North Carolina, to May 1863. District of the Albemarle, Department of North Carolina, August 1863. Sub-District of the Albemarle, District of North Carolina, Department of Virginia and North Carolina, to April 1864. Plymouth, North Carol ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
16th Connecticut Infantry Regiment
The 16th Connecticut Infantry Regiment was an infantry regiment that served in the Union Army during the American Civil War. Service The 16th Connecticut Infantry Regiment was organized at Hartford, Connecticut, on August 24, 1862. The regiment was attached to 2nd Brigade, 3rd Division, IX Corps, Army of the Potomac, to April 1863. 2nd Brigade, 2nd Division, VII Corps, Department of Virginia, to July 1863. 2nd Brigade, Getty's Division, Portsmouth, Virginia, Department of Virginia and North Carolina, to January 1864. District of Albemarle, North Carolina, Department of Virginia and North Carolina, to April 1864. Defenses of New Bern, North Carolina, Department of Virginia and North Carolina, to January 1865. Roanoke Island, North Carolina, Department of North Carolina, to June 1865. The 16th Connecticut Infantry mustered out of service June 24, 1865. Detailed service Left Connecticut for Washington, D.C., August 29–31. Maryland Campaign September–October 1862. Battle of Anti ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Latham House
Latham House is a historic home located at Plymouth, Washington County, North Carolina. It was built about 1850, and is a two-story, three bay by two bay, Greek Revival style frame dwelling on a high basement. It has a cross-gable roof, hip roofed wraparound porch, and is sheathed in weatherboard. Plymouth citizens are believed to have taken refuge in its basement during the Battle of Plymouth in 1864. It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places The National Register of Historic Places (NRHP) is the United States federal government's official list of districts, sites, buildings, structures and objects deemed worthy of preservation for their historical significance or "great artistic ... in 1976. It is located in the Plymouth Historic District. References Houses on the National Register of Historic Places in North Carolina Greek Revival houses in North Carolina Houses completed in 1850 Houses in Washington County, North Carolina National Register ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
