William Barker Cushing Small 263×320 Medium 526×640 Large 841×1024 Download Tiff Original 1972×2400 | (5.6 MB) Description William Barker Cushing (4 November 1842 - 17 December 1874) was an officer in the United States Navy, best known for sinking the Confederate ironclad CSS Albemarle during a daring nighttime raid on October 27, 1864. Keywords CSS Albemarle, portrait, U.S. Navy officer Galleries Famous People: C Source: Benson John Lossing, ed. Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (vol. 2) (New York, NY: Harper and Brothers, 1912)
