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historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1ELA_bellwood-elk-herd_Richmond-VA.html
Around the turn of the 20th century, James Bellwood, an agriculturalist and the owner of this property set aside a few acres to be used as a wooded preserve and imported a pair of elk from Yosemite National Park and Washington State. The elk becam…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM11FW_hot-shot-and-wooden-ships_Richmond-VA.html
It was the end of an era: the advent of the ironclad made traditional wooden-hulled warships obsolete. Despite this, the Confederates used a centuries-old device here: the hot-shot furnace. Inside the furnace, solid shot were heated red-hot. Clay …
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM11FV_a-perfect-gibraltar_Richmond-VA.html
After the repulse of the Union Navy on May 15, 1862, Drewry's Bluff became famous as a tangible symbol of Confederate resistance. Work crews made up of impressed slave labor continued construction of the fort, eventually completing a four-sided, e…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM11FT_camp-beall_Richmond-VA.html
"Drewry's Bluff, at least for the present, is the headquarters of the Corps, and I may consequently reasonably expect to stay here for some time at least."Henry Lea Graves, 1862
From 1862 to 1865, the training of Confederate Marines took place …
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM11FS_the-uss-monitor_Richmond-VA.html
During the Peninsula Campaign in the spring of 1862, a variety of innovative weapons saw action. But nothing captured the public's attention more than ironclad warships, in particular the USS Monitor. After its epic duel with the CSS Virginia at H…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMVKP_a-permanent-post_Richmond-VA.html
By 1863 the Drewry's Bluff post expanded into a military city. Hundreds of Confederate soldiers, sailors, and Marines camped on these grounds. The Confederate States Naval Academy held classes in buildings and aboard the side-wheeled steamer CSS P…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMOR5_drewrys-bluff_Richmond-VA.html
John Smith recalled visiting the Arrohateck Indian capital during a May 1607 expedition led by Christopher Newport. The town was located on the northern shore of the James River opposite of here and was noted on John Smith's 1612 Map of Virginia.
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historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMOR2_finishing-fort-drewry_Richmond-VA.html
Immediately after the battle, men of Chesterfield County's own Southside Artillery, along with others, worked to strengthen the fort. The section before you was likely their first project. Eventually the earthworks around you formed an enclosed fo…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMOR1_may-15-1862-the-battle-of-drewrys-bluff_Richmond-VA.html
When Federal gunboats rounded the distant bend in the James, they entered a shooting gallery. Confederate soldiers and Marines along the riverbanks raked the decks with musket fire. Confederate guns here in the fort opened fire. The river obstruct…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMOR0_duty-above-and-beyond_Richmond-VA.html
"Mr. President, these are the young heroes of Fort Darling?. The President took them all by the hand and personally thanked them for their magnificent conduct and example, ordered that each one should receive a Medal of honor and to be promoted?."…