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Dr. Fretwell operated during the later part of the war in Southern Virginia and Eastern North Carolina. In fact, it was a nest of 101 Fretwell-Singer torpedoes planted by Dr. Fretwell himself that sank the USS OTSEGO AND USS BAZLEY in the Roanoke River outside of Jamesville, NC. These were planted there after the sinking of the CSS ALBEMARLE in Plymouth under direct orders of Brigadier General Gabriel Rains to prevent Union vessels from going up the Roanoke River and severing the Wilmington-Weldon Railroad thus cutting off General Lee's supply line. Evidence of his involvement is found in General Rains' manuscript on Torpedoes which is now at the Museum of the Confederacy.

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