Historical Marker
Cushings Torpedo
Historical marker location:
201 E Water St, Plymouth, North Carolina
( Marker can be reached from the intersection of East Water Street and Adams Street, on the left when traveling east.)
Sinking of CSS <i>Albemarle</i>.
North Carolina has a rich African-American history, including the establishment of the first free black community in the United States, known as the Roanoke Island Freedmen's Colony, during the Civil War.