Drewry's Bluff
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Drewry's Bluff is located in northeastern Chesterfield County, Virginia, in the United States. It was the site of Confederate Fort Darling during the American Civil War. It was named for a local lando
View down the James River from Drewry's Bluff, 2009
Sydney Smith Lee
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Sydney Smith Lee, called Smith Lee in his lifetime, was a Naval officer who served as a Naval officer in the United States navy and in the Confederate States Navy during the American Civil War. He was
Drewry's Bluff
…bombardment, the Union Naval vessels retreated, and Richmond was safe from attack by water. Drewry's Bluff saw no battle action for two years. Captain Sydney Smith Lee (General Robert E. Lee's brother) took command of the site and supervised its expansion and strengthening into a permanent fort. While some workers…
Capt. Sydney Smith Lee CSA
Lee, on the left, in 1860. The other officers are Samuel F. Du Pont and David D. Porter.
Smith Lee in mufti.