The Nashville daily union. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1862-1866, 1864-11-12
The AlbermaTle AfEaIr.-The Details or
the sinklng Of The Rebel Ram.
EcIa.h9E9l IE. q JoEn.I, ~.

Tfozn the Golasbogo' q. c journal, Nov.1
On Thursday night last, or rather
/ about 2 o'clock on the morning Of Fri.
day last, 8 daring attempt was made by
/ s. party Of eleven officers of the Yankee
navy to blow up, with torpedoes, the
iron clad ram AlbermaTle at Plymouth
and, TO some extent, the attempt was
successful.
We are not in possession of what we
consider the authentic details, but the
following seem to be the facts
The Albermarle was moored near the
wharf, a ganeway connecting her with
the shore. Some distance down the
river, in the -tream, lay the hull of the
S0uthfeld, sunk there by Captain Cook
when Plymouth was captured from the
Yankees The Souihheld was used as
picket station by our infantry forces,
to which they passed to and frora the
shore by boat, and this boat was
usually kept at the Southfield
Thursday night was very dark and
stormy In the darkness and storm, at
the honr stated, the Yankee expedition
surprised, it it said, the Southfeld
picket station and captured all the
pickets, twenty-five in number, without
firing 8 gun and sent them down the
river to the fleet below ia their own
boat The vessel used for the Yankee
expedition was long low steamer, or
torpedo boat, propelled by steam or by
mufiled oars Having disposed of the
pici1ets quietly, the Yankees crossed to
the side of the river opposite TO Ply
mouth, and, sweeping round, came up
on the Albemarle from up the stream
Our informant. who says he was on the
Albermarle at the time a. visitor, and
wss somewhat injured by the explosion
of the torpedo, says that in consequence
OF the darkness and the noise of the
storm, the watch on the AlbemaTle
knew nothing of the approach of the
enemy till he was close upon them The
boat was hailed, "What boat is that 2
The reply was. THE Albemarles
boat" and at this moment the Abe
marie was struck by the Yankee boat.
on the starboard quarter. In this
attempt, IL is thought, the Yankees
failed 10 blow up the Albemarle through
n defect in the torpedo
They Immediately swung round their
boat again and we're coming down upon
the Albermarles bow, when they we're
again asked, what boat is thatY' The
reply was, you viii damned soon see,
and on the instant the Albermarle was
struck the torpedo exploded BY this
time the alarm was general throughout
the ship. and the men rushed to arms
and made For the outside of the armor
where they were met 10y one or two
volleys of grape from 8 howitzer in the /
Yankee boat The Albermarle's men |
a rapid fire al around the |
ship, but they could see nothing Of the /
enemy in consequence of the darkness /
IL vas soon now ascertained that the |
torpedo had had the intended effect, I
for one of the bows Of fhe Albermarle |
vas stove IN and she was rapidly set /
Ting down.
In the meantime the Yankees, n /
their confusion, got their boat in the
midst Of some logs, fixed around the
Albsrmarle for her protection, and be-
ng unable 10 extricate her, the whole
party, with the exception Of the Cap
-ain iu.command, surrendered, torpedo
boat and slL
50 faT as we can learn, none Ct the
rev Of the Aloermarle suffered more
han a feW slight wounds Three of
.be Yankees are said to have been
wounded They are reported to be al
and on~comInissioned
,thcers, volunteers for this daring un-
iertaking.
The ALTERNATE went down ia a few
but the water being shallow,
Ter portfolios are not submerged, and
through her gun.deck is q few inches
lnder water, her guns still command
he channel up and down The injury
he sustained can be repaired in two or
hree weeks, including the raising of
be vessel
The foregoing Is our version of this