Drewrys Bluff, Battle of, Va., 1864
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Name (Latin)
Drewrys Bluff, Battle of, Va., 1864
Coordinates
-77.4277 -77.4277 37.3935 37.3935 (gooearth )
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United States
Virginia
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MARC
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Wikidata:
Q2566024
Library of congress:
sh2006003162
Sources of Information
- Work cat.: NUCMC data from Historic Northampton, Apr. 24, 2006(Battle of Drewrys Bluff, Va., 1864)
- DAH(Drewry's Bluff, Battle at; May 12-16, 1864; part of overland movement against Richmond; Gen. B.F. Butler in charge of Union forces operating from Yorktown peninsula in Va.; Butler sought to attack Confed. forces in rear of Richmond; at Drewry's Bluff was defeated by Gen. P.G.T. Beauregard; in this battle Confederates succeeded in restoring their communications south and west of Richmond)