AUGUST 6TH, 1864: The powerful CSS Albemarle, Captain J.W. Cooke, steamed from Plymouth, North Carolina, to the mouth of the Roanoke River, causing great consternation among the Union blockading ships before returning to Plymouth.
Commander Harrell, USS Chicopee, reported: "...the ram made its appearance this morning at a few minutes before 4 a.m. It advanced as far as the mouth of the river and halted.... From the number of people in sight on the beach, no doubt it was expected that an engagement would ensue....
"The ram is now lying in the river blowing off steam. I do not think, however that she will advance. Should she do so, however, I will endeavor to draw her down toward the fleet. I shall now pay my respects to those gentlemen on the beach in the shape of a few shells.
--Old B-Runner
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