Confederate military installation during the American Civil War
Fort Darling (Drewry's Fort, Drewry's Bluff) was a Confederate military installation during the American Civil War located at Drewry's Bluff, a high point of 80–100 feet overlooking a bend in the James River south of Richmond in Chesterfield County, Virginia. It protected the Confederate capital of Richmond from Union naval attacks throughout most of the war.
FortDarling (Drewry's Fort, Drewry's Bluff) was a Confederate military installation during the American Civil War located at Drewry's Bluff, a high point...
stood FortDarling, a strong defensive position on the James River, near Drewry's Bluff and just south of Richmond. The assault on FortDarling did not...
approached to within 400 yd (370 m) of sunken obstructions in the river. The fort was armed with eight heavy naval guns, manned by local Confederate land forces...
batteries at FortDarling overlooking and guarding the approach, along with other heavy guns and sharpshooters positioned along the river banks. The fort was strategically...
James. There they participated in the battles of Walthall Junction, FortDarling, Drewry's Bluff, Cold Harbor, and the siege of Petersburg. In September...
columbiad from Fort McAllister, Georgia. 10-inch Confederate columbiad at FortDarling, Virginia. 20-inch Rodman gun at John Paul Jones Park near Fort Hamilton...
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Confederate 10-inch (254 mm) Rodman columbiad on a center pivot mount in FortDarling, Virginia, similar to one in Battery Four at Port Hudson, Louisiana....
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The only obstacle that protected Richmond from a river approach was FortDarling on Drewry's Bluff, overlooking a sharp bend on the river 7 miles (11 km)...
Drewry. Drewry, who is best known for commanding the gun batteries of FortDarling during Battle of Drewry's Bluff in 1862, lived at Westover until his...
before the war. William Ockler was a private in Co. E and was wounded at FortDarling. After the war he became a Wisconsin state legislator. Otto Puhlman was...
IV Corps) and Department of Virginia and North Carolina, principally at Fort Monroe, Norfolk and Suffolk, Portsmouth, Williamsburg and Yorktown, Virginia;...
the USS Galena, sailed up the James to test the Richmond defenses at FortDarling on Drewry's Bluff which commanded a strategically powerful location on...
CSS Drewry. History Confederate States Name Drewry Namesake Drewry Fort (FortDarling) Commissioned 1863 Decommissioned January 24, 1865 Fate Destroyed...
become Company C of the 19th Virginia Battalion, Heavy Artillery manning FortDarling on the James River. The Cockade Cadets formerly became part of the regiment...