The Battle of Trent’s Reach

Note: This post is a work in progress!!!! In very early stages!

Photo above: Two US Army 100-Pounder Parrott Rifles and two US Army 30-Pounder Parrott Rifles at Fort Brady on the James River. Library of Congress Photo: https://www.loc.gov/item/2023632621/

"On the night of January 23, 1865, three rams, the wooden gunboat Drewry, a small steam torpedo boat, and perhaps more, passed Fort Brady about 8 p. m., under cover of the darkness. They received about twenty-five shots from the fort-armament, two 100-pounder Parrotts and three 30-pounder Parrotts. The fort was instantly opened upon by the rebel land batteries, mounting some dozen guns, and their fire soon disabled one of the 100-pounder guns. The fleet passed on to a point near the rebel Howlett's battery, out of range of Fort Brady." - Colonel Henry Abbott (OR-N Ser. 1. Vol. 11. Pg. 659)

The rams were the CSS Fredericksburg, CSS Richmond, and CSS Virginia II, and their movement was the opening phase of what would be known as the Battle of Trent's Reach.