Battle of Drewry's Bluff

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Battle of Drewry's Bluff
Part of the American Civil War
Date May 15, 1862 (1862-05-15) Location Chesterfield County, Virginia Result Confederate victory
Belligerents
United States (Union)	CSA (Confederacy)
Commanders and leaders
John Rodgers	Ebenezer Farrand William Mahone John Taylor Wood
Strength
3 ironclads 2 gunboats	~8 artillery pieces 1 fort 1 shore battery
Casualties and losses
2 ironclads damaged 2 gunboats damaged 27 killed or wounded[1]	1 fort damaged 15 killed or wounded[1]

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 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 Confederate capital. They encountered submerged obstacles, and deadly accurate fire from the batteries of Fort Darling at Drewry's Bluff, which inflicted severe damage on Galena, forcing them to turn back.