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[[File:CScolumbiadFtDarling.jpg|thumb|324px|One of the 8 inch [[columbiad]] guns at Fort Darling]]
 
'''Fort Darling''' (Drewry's Fort, Drewry's Bluff) was a [[Confederate States of America|Confederate]] military installation during the [[American Civil War]] located at [[Drewry’sDrewry's Bluff]], a high point of 80–100 feet overlooking a bend in the [[James River (Virginia)|James River]] south of [[Richmond, Virginia|Richmond]] in [[Chesterfield County, Virginia]]. It protected the Confederate capital of Richmond from Union naval attacks throughout most of the war.
 
==Drewry's Bluff==