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BAT C H E L O R ’ S
BAY
Battle of
Albemarle Sound
Sandy
Point
CHOWAN RIVER
ROANOKE RIVER
EDENTON
H H H
Battle of Albemarle Sound
On May 5, 1864, the Confederate
ironclad ram CSS Albemarle under
Commander James W. Cooke, with
the gunboats Cotton Plant and
Bombshell, steamed out of the
Roanoke River into Batchelor’s Bay
and Albemarle Sound before you,
bound for New Bern. Dead ahead,
however, waited the U.S. Navy gun-boats
Ceres, Commodore Hull, and
Whitehead, and the transport Ida
May. Beyond lay the double-ended
steamers Mattabesett,
Sassacus, Wyalusing,
and Miami. Union Capt.
Melancton Smith, com-manding
the fleet, intended
to sink Albemarle. After dispatch-ing
Cotton Plant upriver, Albemarle
and Bombshell engaged the Feder-als
off Chowan County’s Sandy
Battle of Albemarle Sound Crew, USS Miami
Capt. William Badham, Jr.
Edenton Bell Battery
DIVIDED LOYALTIES
Unionist sentiment was strong among eastern
North Carolinians. The U.S. Navy presence in
Albemarle sound began early in 1862, and many
loyal men, both white and African American,
enlisted. They included slaves and freedmen
familiar with the Sound and its tributaries, who
served as gunners, powder boys, cooks, and
mechanics. Chowan County natives Henry John-son,
John Paxton, and Daniel Spruel sailed
aboard Miami.
Other Edenton and Chowan County men
joined local Confederate units, and many sym-pathizers
moved farther inland. Chowan County
Confederates included Col. James K. Marshall,
Lt. Col. John C. Badham, Maj. Tristim L. Skin-ner,
Capt. William Badham, Jr., Capt. John A.
Benbury, Capt. Edward A. Small, Lt. John M.
Jones, and Lt. Blake B. Hoskins. Edenton resi-dents
donated household, school, church, and
courthouse bells to cast four bronze cannons for
Capt. Badham’s Edenton “Bell Battery,” Co. B,
North Carolina Light Artillery Battalion.
Point. During the three-hour
battle, Bombshell
sustained heavy damage
and surrendered. Albemar-le
was rammed and almost
sunk by Sassacus but fired point-blank
into the steamer’s boiler,
disabling it. Albemarle then escaped
upriver to Plymouth for repairs.
Object Description
| Title | Edenton: Battle of Albemarle Sound |
| Creator |
Civil War Trails, Inc. North Carolina Library for the Blind and Physically Handicapped. |
| Date | 2004 |
| Subjects |
North Carolina--History--Civil War, 1861-1865 Albemarle (Confederate ironclad) Albemarle Sound (N.C.) |
| Place |
Chowan County, North Carolina, United States |
| Time Period |
(1860-1876) Civil War and Reconstruction |
| Publisher | Civil War Trails, Inc. |
| Rights |
May be copyrighted. Submit permissions requests for further use to Civil War Trails, Inc http://www.civilwartrails.org/ |
| Type |
Text Sound |
| Language |
English |
| Format |
Information signs |
| Digital Collection |
Civil War Collection |
| Digital Format |
application/pdf audio/mp3 |
| Audience |
All |
| Full Text | 17 64 You Are Here BAT C H E L O R ’ S BAY Battle of Albemarle Sound Sandy Point CHOWAN RIVER ROANOKE RIVER EDENTON H H H Battle of Albemarle Sound On May 5, 1864, the Confederate ironclad ram CSS Albemarle under Commander James W. Cooke, with the gunboats Cotton Plant and Bombshell, steamed out of the Roanoke River into Batchelor’s Bay and Albemarle Sound before you, bound for New Bern. Dead ahead, however, waited the U.S. Navy gun-boats Ceres, Commodore Hull, and Whitehead, and the transport Ida May. Beyond lay the double-ended steamers Mattabesett, Sassacus, Wyalusing, and Miami. Union Capt. Melancton Smith, com-manding the fleet, intended to sink Albemarle. After dispatch-ing Cotton Plant upriver, Albemarle and Bombshell engaged the Feder-als off Chowan County’s Sandy Battle of Albemarle Sound Crew, USS Miami Capt. William Badham, Jr. Edenton Bell Battery DIVIDED LOYALTIES Unionist sentiment was strong among eastern North Carolinians. The U.S. Navy presence in Albemarle sound began early in 1862, and many loyal men, both white and African American, enlisted. They included slaves and freedmen familiar with the Sound and its tributaries, who served as gunners, powder boys, cooks, and mechanics. Chowan County natives Henry John-son, John Paxton, and Daniel Spruel sailed aboard Miami. Other Edenton and Chowan County men joined local Confederate units, and many sym-pathizers moved farther inland. Chowan County Confederates included Col. James K. Marshall, Lt. Col. John C. Badham, Maj. Tristim L. Skin-ner, Capt. William Badham, Jr., Capt. John A. Benbury, Capt. Edward A. Small, Lt. John M. Jones, and Lt. Blake B. Hoskins. Edenton resi-dents donated household, school, church, and courthouse bells to cast four bronze cannons for Capt. Badham’s Edenton “Bell Battery,” Co. B, North Carolina Light Artillery Battalion. Point. During the three-hour battle, Bombshell sustained heavy damage and surrendered. Albemar-le was rammed and almost sunk by Sassacus but fired point-blank into the steamer’s boiler, disabling it. Albemarle then escaped upriver to Plymouth for repairs. |
Description
| Title | Marker: Edenton: Battle of Albemarle Sound |
| Creator |
Civil War Trails, Inc. |
| Date | 2004 |
| Subjects |
North Carolina--History--Civil War, 1861-1865 Albemarle Sound (N.C.) Albemarle (Confederate ironclad) |
| Place |
Chowan County, North Carolina, United States |
| Time Period |
(1860-1876) Civil War and Reconstruction |
| Publisher | Civil War Trails, Inc. |
| Rights |
May be copyrighted. Submit permissions requests for further use to Civil War Trails, Inc http://www.civilwartrails.org/ |
| Type |
Text |
| Language |
English |
| Format |
Information signs |
| Digital Characteristics-A | 234 KB; |
| Digital Collection |
Civil War Collection |
| Digital Format | application/pdf |
| Audience |
All |
| Full Text | 17 64 You Are Here BAT C H E L O R ’ S BAY Battle of Albemarle Sound Sandy Point CHOWAN RIVER ROANOKE RIVER EDENTON H H H Battle of Albemarle Sound On May 5, 1864, the Confederate ironclad ram CSS Albemarle under Commander James W. Cooke, with the gunboats Cotton Plant and Bombshell, steamed out of the Roanoke River into Batchelor’s Bay and Albemarle Sound before you, bound for New Bern. Dead ahead, however, waited the U.S. Navy gun-boats Ceres, Commodore Hull, and Whitehead, and the transport Ida May. Beyond lay the double-ended steamers Mattabesett, Sassacus, Wyalusing, and Miami. Union Capt. Melancton Smith, com-manding the fleet, intended to sink Albemarle. After dispatch-ing Cotton Plant upriver, Albemarle and Bombshell engaged the Feder-als off Chowan County’s Sandy Battle of Albemarle Sound Crew, USS Miami Capt. William Badham, Jr. Edenton Bell Battery DIVIDED LOYALTIES Unionist sentiment was strong among eastern North Carolinians. The U.S. Navy presence in Albemarle sound began early in 1862, and many loyal men, both white and African American, enlisted. They included slaves and freedmen familiar with the Sound and its tributaries, who served as gunners, powder boys, cooks, and mechanics. Chowan County natives Henry John-son, John Paxton, and Daniel Spruel sailed aboard Miami. Other Edenton and Chowan County men joined local Confederate units, and many sym-pathizers moved farther inland. Chowan County Confederates included Col. James K. Marshall, Lt. Col. John C. Badham, Maj. Tristim L. Skin-ner, Capt. William Badham, Jr., Capt. John A. Benbury, Capt. Edward A. Small, Lt. John M. Jones, and Lt. Blake B. Hoskins. Edenton resi-dents donated household, school, church, and courthouse bells to cast four bronze cannons for Capt. Badham’s Edenton “Bell Battery,” Co. B, North Carolina Light Artillery Battalion. Point. During the three-hour battle, Bombshell sustained heavy damage and surrendered. Albemar-le was rammed and almost sunk by Sassacus but fired point-blank into the steamer’s boiler, disabling it. Albemarle then escaped upriver to Plymouth for repairs. |
