Engagement at Drewry's Bluff, Virginia

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Engagement at Drewry's Bluff, Virginia - Multiple Union gunboats maneuver the James River to test the defenses of the city of Richmond on May 15, 1862 in Chesterfield County, Virginia. Submerged obstacles and deadly accurate battery fire force Union troops back down the river.

  • This engagement is also referred to as the Engagement at Fort Darling/Drewry

Union Troops

  • U.S.S. Galena
  • U.S.S. Port Royal
  • U.S.S. Monitor
  • U.S.S. Naugutuck
  • U.S.S. Aroostook

Casualties

  • Union: 12 killed, 14 wounded = Total 26

Sub-Operations

This engagement is a sub-operation of:

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