Halifax Navy Yard

[corn-fed-erate]

I apologize if I have asked before. Does anyone have any information on the Confederate Naval Yard at Halifax NC. Other than the Albemarle upfit and the armored tug Halifax found on the stocks at the end of the war, what else was going on? A sketch or map of the layout? Any reference as to who was in command there? For me with my knowledge of the war along the Roanoke river that place is a mystery. Please help!

I had to deliver some Fort Branch info to Historic Halifax and was amazed that they knew less than me about the navy yard.

 

[DaveBrt]

I apologize if I have asked before. Does anyone have any information on the Confederate Naval Yard at Halifax NC. Other than the Albemarle upfit and the armored tug Halifax found on the stocks at the end of the war, what else was going on? A sketch or map of the layout? Any reference as to who was in command there? For me with my knowledge of the war along the Roanoke river that place is a mystery. Please help!

I had to deliver some Fort Branch info to Historic Halifax and was amazed that they knew less than me about the navy yard.

Yeah, there were 4 railroads in Weldon (7 miles from Halifax) and the folks there knew nothing about the or their place in the war.

 

[Mark F. Jenkins]

The most detailed account, I believe, is in Robert G. Elliott's Ironclad of the Roanoke. Outside of that, I've never seen anything detailed. (I wonder if the Neuse Museum in Kinston might have anything?)