Summary

Frank Leslie's Illustrated Newspaper… (1864)

The war in North Carolina—the rebel ram Albemarle sinking the Southfield at Plymouth, April 19.—From a sketch by our special artist. Nothing can be more disheartening than the disasters at Plymouth. The Navy Department had long been aware that the rebels were building a formidable ram on the Roanoke. When at last Plymouth was menaced by an immense force on land and the ram was known to be descending the river, the Bombshell, an old Erie canal boat, was sent to meet her.
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