Battle of Plymouth (1864)

2,000 one ship sunk The Battle of Plymouth was an engagement during the American Civil War that was fought from April 17 through April 20, 1864, in Washington County, North Carolina.

In a combined operation with the ironclad ram CSS Albemarle, Confederate forces under Maj. Gen. Robert F. Hoke, attacked the Federal garrison at Plymouth, North Carolina, on April 17.

On April 19, the ram appeared in the river, sinking the USS Southfield, damaging the USS Miami, and driving off the other Union Navy ships supporting the Plymouth garrison.

Gen. Henry W. Wessells Naval: Lt. Cdr.

Charles W. Flusser (k) Hoke's Division: Brig.

Map of Plymouth Battlefield core and study areas by the American Battlefield Protection Program .
"Lieut Charles W. Flusser. Killed April 19, 1864 in a naval engagement off Plymouth NC on the USS Miami"
Site of Union earthworks on Washington Street