Identifier: storyofamericanthh00wall (find matches)
Title: The story of American heroism; thrilling narratives of personal adventures during the great Civil war, as told by the medal winners and roll of honor men
Year: 1897 (1890s)
Authors: Wallace, Lew, 1827-1905
Subjects: United States -- History Civil War, 1861-1865 Personal narratives
Publisher: Springfield, O., J.W. Jones
Contributing Library: New York Public Library
Digitizing Sponsor: MSN

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The Rebound v the Shell. An attempt was made by theram to strike the Miami, who was afast side-wheeler, but she succeededin preventing the attack, and re-treated to Albemarle Sound. The ram Albemarle, whose speedwas hardly more than four knots anhour, then returned to Plymouth, and retained undisputed control of theRoanoke until May. when the Union forces, under command of CaptainMelancthon Smith, on the 5th of May. attempted to destroy this formidableenemy. In the Pictorial History of the Great Rebellion. the following account,given by one who was on board the Sassacus, is the best description of this
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/^s. AMERICAN HEROISM. 701 engagement thai can be found, more particularly as it was written almostimmediatelj after it- occurrence. Before quoting, it would be well to say that the Sassacus was a woodenside-wheel ship, known as a double-ender, and carried four nine-inchDahlgren Parrott rifles: ■•On the afternoon of May r>. the Mattabesett, Sassacus and Wyalusing, side-wheelgunboats, were hint; at anchor in Albemarle Sound, twenty miles below the mouth of theRoanoake River, having been assigned the arduous duty of encountering, and. if possible,destroying the Confederate ironclad ram Albemarle, whose recent raid, in conjunction withthe attack and capture of Plymouth when she succeeded in sinking two of our gunboats amisustained unharmed the repeated broadsides of the Miami, directed by the brave and lamentedFlussing, rendered our prolonged occupation of the sound a problem to be solved, andinvested the expected contest with unusual importance. •• An advance guard of picket

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