page_title: Battle of Plymouth (1864)
section_title: Battle
hierarchical_section_title: Battle of Plymouth (1864) / Battle
caption_attribution_description: English: Map of battlefield core and study areas. The revised Study Area includes waterways associated with the CSS Albemarle’s approach and the Federal navy’s retreat. It also includes the three approach routes used by the Confederate army from the south and east of the town. Two Core Areas were added. The western Core Area represents the Union naval bombardment of a Confederate sand battery west of town. The small southern Core Area reflects an engagement associated with a limited Union sortie against the Confederate line.
context_page_description: 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.
context_section_description: 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. Confederate forces captured Fort Comfort, driving defenders into Fort Williams. On April 20, the garrison surrendered.
  Plymouth citizens are believed to have taken refuge in the basement of the Latham House during the Battle of Plymouth.
caption: Map of Plymouth Battlefield core and study areas by the American Battlefield Protection Program.
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