Civil War
RAM ALBEMARLE
Noted Confederate ironclad, was built near this spot, 1863-64. Aided in recapture of Plymouth, April, 1864.
E-11Halifax County
Where it stands. US 258 at Roanoke River bridge north of Scotland Neck
The most important thing about the gentleman was that he was an idealist. … He was bred up to a code of self-restraint which taught resistance to pragmatic temptation. He was definitely a man of sentiment, who refused to put matters on a basis of materialism and self-aggrandizement.