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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Photo #: NH 59163
"The Capture of Plymouth, North Carolina, October 31, 1864"
Line engraving published in "Harper's Weekly", December
1864.
It depicts the bombardment of Plymouth by U.S. Navy gunboats,
immediately before the capture of the city.
Ships shown include (from center to right): USS Shamrock,
USS Otsego, USS Commodore Hull and USS Bazely.
U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph.
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Photo #: NH 1334
"Wreck of the 'Otsego,' and the Explosion of the Tug 'Bazely'
in the Roanoke River"
Line engraving, published in "Harper's Weekly", 21
January 1865, depicting USS Bazely striking a mine during
operations in the Roanoke River, North Carolina, on 9 December
1864 (not 10 December as stated on the original print). The sunken
USS Otsego, which had hit another mine shortly before,
is in the background.
U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph.
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Photo #: NH 51794
"'Wyalusing' at Rainbow Bluff, N.C."
"Sinking of the 'Otsego' and blowing up of the 'Bazeley.'"
Phototype by F. Gutekunst, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, circa
the later 19th Century.
This print depicts the U.S. Navy tug Bazely striking a
mine while going to the assistance of USS Otsego, near
Jamestown, North Carolina, on the Roanoke River, 9 December 1864.
Otsego, which had just been sunk by other mines, is in
the left center background. USS Wyalusing is in the foreground,
providing covering fire as boats drag for mines nearby.
U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph.
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