AIGUST 13TH, 1864: The USS Agawan engaged three different Confederate batteries near Four Mile Creek on the James River. The Agawan fired 228 shells at them and were about out of ammunition and dropped downriver. It engaged the same batteries the next day in support of Union troops moving along the ricer.
Sgips of the Confederate James River squadron, including the ironclads CSS Virginia II, CSS Richmond CSS Fredericksburg and CSS Hampton, CSS Nansemond and CSS Drewry, shelled Union positions near Dutch Gap. Virginia, for over eleven hours.
This was done at the request of the Army and intended to support Confederate troop movements.
--Old B-Runner
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