CASSIER'S MAGAZINE, 2l6 the fulfillment of the ambition^of . his with thin plating. Four of them were side-wheel craft ; none carried ordnance. later years. One of the most formidable of the Ellet's first combat was his last. Near Confederate vessels was the Albemarle, Memphis, on the Mississippi,… … THE CONFEDERATE RAM "ALBEMARLE." West, was in the rear; but, crowding mated ship (122 feet long, 45 feet beam, 8 feet draught) with 4 inches of armour, on steam, he swept to the front and charged the nearest Confederate, the two 100-pounder rifles, and a massive ram-bow, she was built in the woods,…
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