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William Barker Cushing (4 November 1842 – 17 December 1874) was an officer in the United States Navy, best known for sinking the CSS Albemarle during a daring nighttime raid on 27 October 1864, for which he received the Thanks of Congress. Cushing was the younger brother of Medal of Honor recipient Alonzo Cushing.
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A 'Talent for Buffoonery'. While William Cushing’s heroic feats as a young Union Navy officer are part of the historical record, the traditional account of why he was kicked out of the U.S. Naval Academy on the eve of the Civil War is pure fiction.At the start of 1861, William B. Cushing, just turned 18, was in his senior year at the U.S ...
Of all the naval heroes to make a name in the American Civil War, Commander William B. Cushing was the undeniable maverick of the era. His career, which spanned 18 years (from age 14 to his death at 32) was defined by a string of daring raids, cunning reconnaissance missions, and narrow escapes.
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Jun 18, 2015 · Youthful William Cushing bedeviled Rebels with daring raids on North Carolina’s hazardous Cape Fear River. Lieutenant William Barker Cushing of the U.S. Navy pulled off one of the most implausible featsof the Civil War on October 28, 1864, when he sank the notorious Confederate ironclad ram Albemarle with a torpedo launched from a small open ...
On the night of October 27, 1864, naval lieutenant William B. Cushing mounted a daring raid on the Albemarle. Using a steam-powered launch armed with an explosive torpedo, Cushing managed to sink the ironclad at her moorings in Plymouth. With the ram now neutralized, Union forces retook the town.
Lieutenant William B. Cushing’s Union Navy steam launch chugged up the dark Roanoke River late in 1864. Any moment, her hand-picked crew expected to hear gunshots putting their mission and their lives at risk. But on that rainy night Cushing’s crew passed one enemy picket post after another and heard nothing.
By William B. Cushing. In September, 1864, the Government was laboring under much anxiety in regard to the condition of affairs in the sounds of North Carolina. Some months previous (April 19th) a rebel iron-clad had made her appearance, attacking and recapturing Plymouth, beating our fleet, and sinking the Southfield.
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