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The 10 inch columbiad gun at Fort Darling

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.

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Fort Darling

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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...

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10th Connecticut Infantry Regiment

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stood Fort Darling, a strong defensive position on the James River, near Drewry's Bluff and just south of Richmond. The assault on Fort Darling did not...

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USRC Naugatuck

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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...

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USS Monitor

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batteries at Fort Darling overlooking and guarding the approach, along with other heavy guns and sharpshooters positioned along the river banks. The fort was strategically...

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8th Connecticut Infantry Regiment

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James. There they participated in the battles of Walthall Junction, Fort Darling, Drewry's Bluff, Cold Harbor, and the siege of Petersburg. In September...

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Rodman gun

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columbiad from Fort McAllister, Georgia. 10-inch Confederate columbiad at Fort Darling, Virginia. 20-inch Rodman gun at John Paul Jones Park near Fort Hamilton...

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Scott Darling

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Scott Darling (born December 22, 1988) is an American former professional ice hockey goaltender. He previously played in the National Hockey League (NHL)...

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Columbiad

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Confederate 10-inch (254 mm) Rodman columbiad on a center pivot mount in Fort Darling, Virginia, similar to one in Battery Four at Port Hudson, Louisiana....

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Confederate States Marine Corps

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Richmond, Virginia Camp Beall, located near Fort Darling at Drewry's Bluff, Virginia Wilmington, North Carolina – Fort Fisher Charlotte, North Carolina Charleston...

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The Darling of Paris

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September on Rio: List of lost films "Silent Era: Darling of Paris". silentera. Retrieved 2012-10-10. Fort Lee: Birthplace of the Motion Picture Industry...

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Peninsula campaign

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The only obstacle that protected Richmond from a river approach was Fort Darling on Drewry's Bluff, overlooking a sharp bend on the river 7 miles (11 km)...

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Westover Plantation

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Drewry. Drewry, who is best known for commanding the gun batteries of Fort Darling during Battle of Drewry's Bluff in 1862, lived at Westover until his...

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19th Wisconsin Infantry Regiment

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before the war. William Ockler was a private in Co. E and was wounded at Fort Darling. After the war he became a Wisconsin state legislator. Otto Puhlman was...

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1st New York Mounted Rifles Regiment

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IV Corps) and Department of Virginia and North Carolina, principally at Fort Monroe, Norfolk and Suffolk, Portsmouth, Williamsburg and Yorktown, Virginia;...

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Confederate States Naval Academy

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the USS Galena, sailed up the James to test the Richmond defenses at Fort Darling on Drewry's Bluff which commanded a strategically powerful location on...

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CSS Drewry

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CSS Drewry. History Confederate States Name Drewry Namesake Drewry Fort (Fort Darling) Commissioned 1863 Decommissioned January 24, 1865 Fate Destroyed...

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41st Virginia Infantry Regiment

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become Company C of the 19th Virginia Battalion, Heavy Artillery manning Fort Darling on the James River. The Cockade Cadets formerly became part of the regiment...

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