Battle of Drewry's Bluff
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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
Battle of Drewry's Bluff
Confederate gun at Battery Dantzler, Drewry's Bluff.
U.S. Marine Corps illustration of Corporal John F. Mackie firing his rifle aboard the USS Galena.
Drewry's Bluff, August 2016.
USS Galena (1862)
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USS Galena was a wooden-hulled broadside ironclad built for the United States Navy during the American Civil War. The ship was initially assigned to the North Atlantic Blockading Squadron and supporte
Battle of Drewry's Bluff
…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, Virginia, the…
A drawing of Galena cleared for action in 1862
Galena, after 1864 refit as a wooden sloop