Confederate Ironclad at Tarboro, NC

I had an alert from the HMdb about the Union assault on Tarboro, NC, in 1863. The enemy force destroyed a Confederate ironclad on the stocks where it was being built. I had never heard of this one.

Doing some research, I found out that it was to be a sister ship to the CSS Albemarle with similar dimensions. It might have been named the CSS Pamlico had it been completed.

There was another one being built in Tarboro but it was destroyed to prevent capture in April 1865.

Of course, I am familiar with the CSS Neuse, CSS Albemarle, CSS North Carolina, CSS Raleigh and CSS Wilmington which were all North Carolina-built ironclads.

There was another one being built at Edward's Ferry which was to be an improved and larger version of the CSS Albemarle and to mount four guns, but it was destroyed to prevent capture April 7, 1865. The author of the Civil War Ironclads and Blockade Runners site believes it might have been named the CSS Roanoke had it been completed.

Most info from the Civil War Ironclads and Blockade Runners site.

Some Stuff I Didn't Know. --B-R'er