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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Virginia
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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)
Wikipedia description:
The Battle of Proctor's Creek – also referred to as Drewry's Bluff or Fort Darling – was fought from May 12 to May 16, 1864, in Chesterfield County, Virginia, during the Bermuda Hundred Campaign of the American Civil War. Proctor's Creek was named for Charles Proctor, who lived and farmed on the land surrounding most of the creek.
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