Finishing Fort Drewry

Immediately after the battle, men of Chesterfield County’s Southside Artillery and others worked to strengthen the fort, likely beginning with the section before you. In time, the earthworks formed an enclosed fort armed with as many as eight large guns. Although the defenses at Drewry’s Bluff became increasingly powerful, the fort never fired another shot in anger. Captain Augustus Drewry, commanding the Southside Artillery, urged his men to stay from the quarters, repair parapets that had been knocked down, replace sandbags torn to pieces, and prepare for the boats to return within two hours.

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