Lt. William B. Cushing, USN, made a name for himself in the Civil War by taking on tough, dangerous assignments that were adventures in themselves. These included such actions as his November 1862 raid on Jacksonville, North Carolina, and his most famous mission, the destruction of the ironclad Albemarle in October 1864. On Christmas Day, [...]
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150 Years Ago in the Civil War After a great deal of fighting throughout most of 1862, the two sides paused to regroup as the second November of the Civil War began. More than a month after his victory at Antietam in September, Army of the Potomac commander Major General George McClellan had slowly moved his [...]
U.S. Navy officer William B. Cushing is perhaps best known for his daring October 1864 raid that destroyed the Confederate ironclad CSS Albemarle at Plymouth, North Carolina, but he had a number of additional adventures along the coasts of Virginia and North Carolina in the Civil War. Though the terminology didn’t exist at the time of [...]
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