AUGUST 15TH, 1864: Rumors concerning the CSS Albemarle continued to reach Union naval forces in the Albemarle Sound. Colonel David W. Wardrop, Union Army commander in the area, wrote top Commander Macomb: "I have received information from the parties heretofore reliable that the enemy have been fitting up some of their boats with torpedoes and are intending to attack the fleet in conjunction with the ram on Tuesday next.
"It is also confidently reported that a second ram will be done in a fortnight. They are very busy up the Roanoke River, but it is very difficult to learn what is being done...."
--Old B-R'er
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