From the Richmond Whig, 8/1/1862, p. 2, c. 1
FORT DREWRY. – We wonder why the Yankees invariably refer
to the fortification on James river, below Richmond, as “Fort Darling.” The
proper name is “Fort Drewry,” so called in compliment to the commander of one of
the artillery companies stationed at the bluff when the Yankee gunboats were
repulsed. If the Yankees persist in “falsifying history” by giving the wrong
name to a place which they have cause to remember, we trust the press of the
Confederate States when they speak of the locality in question will give it its
right name.
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