- Gilbert Elliott
Gilbert Elliott (
December 10 ,1843 -May 9 ,1895 ) - builder of ironclad ramCSS Albemarle Family
Parents Gilbert Elliott (
May 20 ,1813 -May 20 ,1851 ) and Sarah Ann Grice (b.June 1 ,1819 ) at "Milford" estate inCamden County, North Carolina daughter of shipbuilder Charles Grice and Mary GrandyEducation
Educated in the local schools of
Elizabeth City, North Carolina
Was a law clerk by 1860Military career
Probably enlisted in the Confederate Army on
May 16 ,1862 at Camp Mangum inNorth Carolina , the next day he was appointed First Lieutenant and given duty of Regimental AdjutantConstruction of the Confederate ironclad "
CSS Albemarle "Began in 1862 in a former cornfield in
Halifax County, North Carolina .References
Elliott, Robert G., "Ironclad of the Roanoke", White Mane Publishing, 1994, ISBN 0-942597-63-X
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