#9 Capture (03-09-15)

[St Albans Raid]

Where was Lieut. Alonzo Cooper captured?

 

[chellers]

Plymouth, NC

 

[NFB22]

Where was Lieut. Alonzo Cooper captured?

Plymouth, North Carolina

 

[Littlestown]

1st Lieutenant Alonzo Cooper, 12 New York Cavalry, Company F, was captured at the Southern "Victory" of Plymouth, NC on 20-Apr-64.

 

[Northern Light]

Where was Lieut. Alonzo Cooper captured?

Battle of Plymouth, North Carolina, April 19, 1864

 

[Cumpston1862]

He was captured at Plymouth, North Carolina on April 20, 1864. Lt. Cooper escaped prison in South Carolina but was recaptured in Virginia.

 

[Nathanb1]

Plymouth, NC

 

[Stony]

Plymouth, NC. Escaped and captured again in Virginia.

 

[BrrrBRRRR]

Plymouth, NC

 

[O' Be Joyful]

Battle of Plymouth NC

 

[theoldman]

Plymouth,NC

 

[C.S.M 1861]

"1st Lieutenant Alonzo Cooper, 12 New York Cavalry, Company F, was captured at the Southern "Victory" of Plymouth, NC on 20-Apr-64 and relates the shooting of both captured "Colored Troops" but also of "traitors", members of 1st North Carolina Infantry, USA. Southern losses were so severe it was remarked that with a few more victories like Plymouth, the Southern Armies would be destroyed. Like most of the other "Plymouth Pilgrims", he was held at at Macon, Savannah, Charleston & Columbia. Escaped from prison in Columbia but was recaptured in NC. Again held captive at Salisbury, NC, Danville & Libby Prison, VA. Exchanged March or April 1865. He listed his residence as Oswego, New York.



Source:
In and Out of Rebel Prisons
Alomzo Cooper
R. J. Oliphant, Oswego, NY
1868"

http://www.sciway3.net/cmp-csa/cmp_p_diary_cooper_ny.html

 

[lelliott19]

Mackey's Landing on the Roanoke River (between Williamston and Plymouth NC)

Edit - lelliott19, I could not find any source that explicitly confirms your answer, but I'm going to count it as correct.

The answer that was easy to find (and the one that just about everybody else found) was Plymouth, NC, though some sources indicate that Union troops were captured at Fort Williams, just outside of Plymouth.

I searched for Mackey's Landing and all I could find was that it is the name of a firearms store in Jamesville, NC. I couldn't find anything to indicate that Jamesville was the site of Fort Williams, but it is, as you said, between Williamston and Plymouth, and I think that's close enough that I can give you credit for your answer.

Hoosier

 

[Copperhead-mi]

Battery Worth at Plymouth, N.C.

 

[Brenal]

Plymouth NC.

 

[Seduzal]

At the Battle of Plymouth, 20 Apr. 1864
Also called Southern "Victory" of Plymouth, NC on 20 April 1864

 

[sarladaise]

Plymouth, NC

 

[GELongstreet]

Battle of Plymouth

 

[FarawayFriend]

He was captured in Plymouth, NC.

"COOPER, Alonzo — 1st Lieutenant, Co. D , F & I. Born 1830. Enlisted 27 August, 1862 at Oswego, NY at age 32. Mustered in 31 March, 1863 as Private, Co. B. Promoted 7 April, 1863 to 1st Lt., Co. I. Mustered out 23 June, 1863. Enlisted again at Albany, NY. Mustered in 2 September, 1863 as 2nd Lt., Co. I. Lt. Cooper's wife was present with him at Plymouth, NC. When the fighting began at Plymouth on the 17th of April, 1864, she boarded the steamer Massasoit which took non-combatants to Roanoke Island, NC. Lt. Cooper was captured 20 April, 1864 at Plymouth. Escaped from prison in SC but was recaptured in Virginia. Exchanged March or April, 1865. Mustered out 19 July, 1865 at Raleigh, NC. Author of In And Out Of Rebel Prisons. Died 1919."
From: http://web.cortland.edu/woosterk/plymouth.html

"1st Lieutenant Alonzo Cooper, 12 New York Cavalry, Company F, was captured at the Southern "Victory" of Plymouth, NC on 20-Apr-64 and relates the shooting of both captured "Colored Troops" but also of "traitors", members of 1st North Carolina Infantry, USA. Southern losses were so severe it was remarked that with a few more victories like Plymouth, the Southern Armies would be destroyed. Like most of the other "Plymouth Pilgrims", he was held at at Macon, Savannah, Charleston & Columbia. Escaped from prison in Columbia but was recaptured in NC. Again held captive at Salisbury, NC, Danville & Libby Prison, VA. Exchanged March or April 1865. He listed his residence as Oswego, New York."
From:
Diary of 1st Lieutenant Alonzo Cooper
12th New York Cavalry
Company F
http://www.sciway3.net/cmp-csa/cmp_p_diary_cooper_ny.html

 

[hoosier]

Plymouth, NC