Battle of Drewry's Bluff

Ne zaman

15 May 1862

Tür

Muharebe

Koordinatlar

37.42° N, 77.42° W

Description

Civil War battle wherein five Union Navy warships steamed up the James River to test the defenses of Richmond, Virginia, the Confederate capital

Battle of the American Civil War

The Battle of Drewry's Bluff, also known as the Battle of Fort Darling, or Fort Drewry, took place on May 15, 1862, in Chesterfield County, Virginia, as part of the Peninsula Campaign of the American Civil War. Four Union Navy warships, including the ironclads USS Monitor and Galena, and the United States Revenue Cutter Service's ironclad USRC Naugatuck steamed up the James River to test the defenses of Richmond, Vir…

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