✦ History

Part of American Civil War

Battle of Drewry's Bluff

May 15, 1862 · Battle of Drewry's Bluff

Result Confederate victory

Confederate guns on the James River bluff turned back the Union ironclads, including Monitor, seven miles below Richmond.

On the map Contemporaries

Union

Confederacy

United States
Confederate States of America
John Rodgers military commander
William Mahone military commander Ebenezer Farrand military commander John Taylor Wood military commander

Strength and losses

Casualties
27
Casualties
15
Guns
c. 8

Units

39th Illinois Infantry Regiment 62nd Ohio Infantry Regiment 67th Ohio Infantry Regiment USS Monitor