The ironclad CSSAlbemarle在普利茅斯的惊人的胜利gave the Confederacy tremendous hope to expand their control of eastern North Carolina. Major General Robert Hoke was given permission to march against New Bern. However, the Confederate plans became disrupted when the Kinston-based ironclad, CSSNeuse, ran hard aground in its attempt to steam down the Neuse River to attack New Bern.
General P.G.T. Beauregard, head of the Confederate district of North Carolina, believed thatAlbemarlecould be used to support the New Bern assault. “With its assistance,” he wrote, “I consider capture of New Bern easy.”
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