Ram Albemarle
Inscription
Noted Confederate ironclad,
was built near this spot,
1863-64. Aided in recapture
of Plymouth, April, 1864.
Location
AddressUS 258 at Roanoke River bridge north of Scotland Neck
CountyHalifax
StateNorth Carolina
Coordinates36.208140, -77.384540
Sources
More markers in Halifax
Plummer Bernard Young
Journalist. Publisher of Norfolk Journal & Guide, 1910-1962, leading black-owned newspaper in the South.
Frank Armstrong 1898-1969
Hobgood, NC
Lt. Gen., U.S. Air Force.
Cornwallis
Halifax, NC
The British Army under Gen. Cornwallis marching to Virginia defeated the local Militia at the town of Halifax, in May, 1781.
John Branch
Enfield, NC
Governor of N.C., 1817-20, and of the Florida Territory, Secretary of the Navy, U.S. Senator.
Independence
Halifax, NC
The "Halifax Resolves," first formal sanction of American Independence, adopted in this town, April 12, 1776.