Links to Further Info on the Battle of Plymouth
April 17 - 20, 1864
Union Battle Accounts
Official Records of the War of the Rebellion
Official Records of the Union and Confederate Navies
The War In North Carolina - The Union Disaster at Plymouth Confirmed, New York Times, April 24, 1864
Attack on Plymouth, N.C., New York Times, April 25, 1864
The Capture of Plymouth, New York Times, April 26, 1864
The Rebel Ram at Plymouth, New York Times, May 1, 1864
Battle of Plymouth account by Sgt. Warren Lee Goss, Co. H, 2nd MA Heavy Artillery
Battle of Plymouth account by Abner Flint, Co. K, 85th NY
Battle of Plymouth account by Hospital Steward George H. Slaybaugh, 101st PA Infantry
Battle of Plymouth account by Corporal Jacob D. Brown, Co. D, 101st PA Infantry
Fall of Plymouth by Nathan Lamphere, 85th NY
Civil War Diary of Charles Lepley, Co. E, 103rd PA
Fate of the 16th CT & 101st PA Colors
Union Dead at the Battle of Plymouth & "Plymouth Cemetery"
Civil War Map of Plymouth, NC drawn June 18, 1863 by George D. Rogers, Co. F Musician, 85th NY, with accompanying letter explaining the drawing.
Abstract Log of the U.S.S. Ceres during the Battle of Plymouth
Eckles' Narrative - Lengthy narrative of William Campbell Eckles, Sergeant, Co. C, 101st PA
Confederate Battle Accounts
The Capture of Plymouth (starting page 174) by Major John W. Graham.
Newspaper Accounts from the Charleston Mercury, Charleston, SC
Capture of Plymouth, N.C. - Confederate Veteran Magazine, Vol. 24, 1916
After the Battle of Plymouth, N.C. - Vol. 25, Confederate Veteran Magazine, 1917
The Confederate Navy - Vol. 25, Confederate Veteran Magazine, 1917
On Scout Duty in North Carolina - Vol. 26, Confederate Veteran Magazine, 1918
A Few Incidents Occurring During the Civil War - Sgt. John H. C. Birch, Co. H, 24th NC Dead Link
Matt W. Ransom, Confederate General from North Carolina 1996 by Clayton Charles Marlow.
General Robert F. Hoke: Lee's Modest Warrier (starting page 123) 1996 by Daniel W. Barefoot.
Suggested Plymouth Pilgrim Reading
The Plymouth Pilgrims - A History of the Eighty-Fifth New York Infantry in the Civil War. Longstreet House, 1989 by Wayne Mahood.
Charlie Mosher's Civil War Diary: From Fair Oaks to Andersonville with the Plymouth Pilgrims (85th N.Y. Infantry), Longstreet House, 1994 by Wayne Mahood.
In and Out of Rebel Prisons 1888, by Lieut. Alonzo Cooper, 12th NY Cavalry
Life and Death in Rebel Prisons 1865, by Sergeant Major Robert H. Kellogg, 16th CT Infantry
From the Flag to the Cross 1872, by Rev. Amos Billingsley, 101st PA Infantry
Battle of Plymouth, North Carolina (April 17-20, 1864): The Last Confederate Victory 2003, by Juanita Patience Moss
Escape from Dixie: The Story of Lt. John Lafler (85th NY) Civil War POW, 1996, by John Ball.