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Other Name: Fort Darling, Fort Drewry
State: Virginia
Location: Chesterfield County
Campaign: Peninsula Campaign (March-September 1862)
Dates: May 15, 1862
Principal Commanders: union  Union States: Cdr. John Rodgers
confederate  Confederate States: Cdr. E. Farrand, Brig. Gen. William Mahone, Capt. S. S. Lee, and Lt. John Taylor Wood
Forces Engaged: union  Union States: 5 gunboats
confederate  Confederate States: battery garrison
Estimated Casualties: 41 total
Results: Result(s): Confederate victory
Description:

With the fall of Yorktown, the Confederate ironclad Virginia at Norfolk was scuttled to prevent her capture. This opened the James River to Federal gunboats. On May 15, five gunboats, including the ironclads Monitor and Galena, steamed up the James to test the Richmond defenses. They encountered submerged obstacles and deadly accurate fire from the batteries at Drewry’s Bluff, which inflicted severe damage on the Galena. The Federal Navy was turned back.
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