Drewry's Bluff - Richmond VA
Posted by: Groundspeak Regular Member Don.Morfe
N 37° 25.349 W 077° 25.395
18S E 285570 N 4144497
This marker is located in the Drewry’s Bluff (Fort Darling) unit of Richmond National Battlefield Park. Postal address: 7600 Fort Darling Road, Richmond VA 23237.
Waymark Code: WM19JJE
Location: Virginia, United States
Date Posted: 03/08/2024
Published By:Groundspeak Premium Member pmaupin
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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 landowner, Confederate Captain Augustus H. Drewry, who owned the property.


Drewry's Bluff in 1865, photo by Levy & Cohen from collection of U.S. Library of Congress
At Richmond, Virginia, location of the fall line at the head of navigation, the generally west-to-east course of the James River turns almost due south for a distance of about 7 miles (11 km) before turning eastward again towards the Chesapeake Bay. At this sharp bend, Drewry's Bluff on the west side of the James River rose 90 feet (27 m) above the water, commanding a view of several miles' distance downstream and making it a logical site for defensive fortifications.

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