As part of a Confederate offensive to retake the North Carolina river town of Plymouth, the C.S.S. Albermarle, under Captain James Wallace Cooke, sailed to attack defending Union positions and clear the Roanoke River of Union warships.  In doing so, the Albermarle sank the U.S.S. Southfield and damaged the U.S.S. Miami, both paddle steamers.  Plymouth fell to Confederate land forces soon after.  (By John Osborne) 

For the only time, the three Booth brothers from the famous acting family, Edwin, Junius Brutus, and John Wilkes, performed on the same stage at a benefit performance of Julius Caesar at the Winter Garden in New York City to raise funds to complete the Shakespeare Monument and its John Quincy Adams Ward sculpted statue in Central Park. The completed monument stands today. (By John Osborne)

On the three hundredth anniversary of William Shakespeare's birth, New York City participated in the worldwide celebrations with the laying of the cornerstone of a monument in Central Park. Later in the year, with funding from a benefit performance of Julius Caesar, starring three Booth brothers, including John Wilkes Booth, a statue by John Quincy Adams Ward was unveiled and stands today. (By John Osborne)