Photo #: NH 58943
"Capture of Plymouth, N.C. Oct. 1864"
19th Century photograph of a painting by Acting Second Engineer
Alexander C. Stuart, USN, 1864.
It depicts USS Commodore Hull (at left) leading the "Double-Ender"
gunboats Tacony, Shamrock, Otsego and Wyalusing
in engaging Confederate batteries at Plymouth, North Carolina,
on 31 October 1864. Small vessels lashed to the gunboats' unengaged
sides include USS Whitehead (beside Tacony), USS
Bazely (beside Shamrock) and Belle (beside
Otsego).
Collection of Surgeon H.P. Babcock, USN. Donated by his son,
George R. Babcock, 1939.
U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph.
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