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== Preparations ==
For two years Fort Darling saw no more action, in that time the naval Captain [[Sydney Smith Lee]] (General Robert E. Lee's brother) took command. Defenses were strengthened along with better accommodations, barracks, chapel, etc.<ref name=jstor>{{Cite journal|last=Kay|first=William Kennon|title=Drewry's Bluff or Fort Darling?|journal=The Virginia Magazine of History and Biography|year=1969|volume=77|issue=2|pages=191–200|jstor=4247473}}</ref> In that time Fort Darling served as a training site for training ground for the [[Confederate States Naval Academy]], as well as the [[Confederate States Marine Corps|Confederate Marine Corps]] Camp of Instruction.<ref name=government />
Then on May 5, 1864 the Union returned, this time landing 30,000 troops at [[Bermuda Hundred, Virginia|Bermuda Hundred]] only 15 miles south of Richmond, under the command of Major General [[Benjamin Butler (politician)|Benjamin F. Butler]]. Within a few days they had reached Fort Darling managing to take over some of the outer defenses, but indecisive generals failed to consolidate their hold. Soon 18,000 Confederate infantry under General P.G.T Beauregard arrived and routed the attackers on May 16. Fort Darling and Richmond had again seen the Union driven off.<ref name=second>{{cite web|title=Proctor's Creek|url=http://www.nps.gov/hps/abpp/battles/va053.htm|publisher=www.nps.gov|accessdate=18 November 2012}}</ref>
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