#Washington August 13
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For the month of August 2024 several of us are going to take on a 30-Day County Coach4aday Challenge. The simple concept is to share a fact about a county in the US. My focus is going to be on North Carolina, and today I am selecting WASHINGTON County.
Probably will not be a surprise that there are 31 counties in the US named Washington. North Carolina county with the name Washington County is one of the least populated.
Here is a map of the county highlighted in red.
The county just might be the location for one of the most pivotal and daring Civil War battles and it took place on water.
County 30-Day Challenge Guidelines
Like previous challenges there are no hard and fast rules to participate. There are a few suggested guidelines.
- Each day in August learn something about a county in the United States
- Share that fact along with where it is located with others
- If so inclined use the hash tag #Coach4adayChallenge on social media platforms
August 13th-Washington County
Located in Eastern North Carolina Washington County is one of the least populated counties in the state with just over 11,000 residents. It was carved out of Tyrell County in 1799.
The county seat is Plymouth and was named after the Pilgrim colony in Plymouth, Massachusetts. The town of Plymouth was the site of a decisive Confederate victory in April 1864.
One of the last Confederate victories of the Civil War took place in Plymouth. It was in Plymouth that the mighty ironclad ram CSS Albemarle defeated the Union Navy, on its way to becoming the most successful ironclad of the Civil War.
Six months later it was sunk in Plymouth by Union commando raid in what the History Channel titled their 2005 film, “The Most Daring Mission of the Civil War”.
Here is a video
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