Battle of Drewry's Bluff

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Predicate Object
gptkbp:instance_of gptkb:battle
gptkbp:aftermath Strengthened Confederate defenses
gptkbp:casualties Union: 1,000
Confederate: 300
gptkbp:combatant gptkb:Confederate_States
gptkb:Union
gptkbp:commander gptkb:General_John_B._Magruder
gptkb:Admiral_Samuel_Francis_Du_Pont
gptkbp:date May 15, 1862
gptkbp:followed_by gptkb:Battle_of_Seven_Pines
gptkbp:geographical_feature gptkb:James_River
gptkb:Chickahominy_River
Richmond defenses
gptkbp:historical_context Part of the Peninsula Campaign
gptkbp:historical_figure gptkb:Philip_Sheridan
gptkb:David_Farragut
gptkb:Stephen_D._Lee
gptkb:Samuel_P._Lee
gptkb:William_T._Sherman
gptkb:J._E._B._Stuart
gptkb:William_Henry_Seward
gptkb:John_B._Magruder
gptkb:Edwin_M._Stanton
gptkb:Robert_E._Lee
gptkb:Ulysses_S._Grant
gptkb:Nathan_Bedford_Forrest
gptkb:John_Bell_Hood
gptkb:Joseph_E._Johnston
gptkb:Winfield_Scott_Hancock
gptkb:Albert_Sidney_Johnston
gptkb:George_H._Thomas
gptkb:James_Longstreet
gptkb:Richard_S._Ewell
gptkb:James_Ewell_Brown_Stuart
gptkb:Jefferson_Davis
gptkb:George_Meade
gptkb:Henry_W._Halleck
gptkb:Stonewall_Jackson
gptkb:Daniel_Harvey_Hill_Jr.
gptkb:George_Pickett
gptkb:Leonidas_Polk
gptkb:Ambrose_Burnside
gptkb:Braxton_Bragg
gptkb:John_A._Dix
gptkb:John_A._Logan
gptkb:George_Mc_Clellan
gptkb:Richard_H._Anderson
gptkb:John_C._Pemberton
gptkb:William_Rosecrans
gptkbp:historical_significance First major naval engagement in the Civil War
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label Battle of Drewry's Bluff
gptkbp:location gptkb:Richmond,_Virginia
gptkbp:military_unit gptkb:Union_Atlantic_Blockading_Squadron
gptkb:Confederate_Army_of_Northern_Virginia
gptkbp:part_of gptkb:American_Civil_War
gptkbp:preceded_by gptkb:Battle_of_Fort_Darling
gptkbp:related_event gptkb:Battle_of_Antietam
gptkb:Battle_of_Cold_Harbor
gptkb:Battle_of_Fort_Donelson
gptkb:Battle_of_Gettysburg
gptkb:Battle_of_Fort_Henry
gptkb:Battle_of_Appomattox_Court_House
gptkb:Battle_of_Shiloh
gptkb:Battle_of_Vicksburg
gptkbp:result Confederate victory
gptkbp:significance Defended Richmond from naval attack
gptkbp:strategy Defensive fortifications
gptkbp:tactics Naval bombardment
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:Franklin_Buchanan
gptkbp:bfsLayer 4