Chaffin's Bluff

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Chaffin's Bluff is located in Henrico County, Virginia along the James River. Chaffin's Bluff on the north side of the river opposite Drewry's Bluff, long-considered a major defense point of the river below Richmond. Located at a major bend in the river about eight miles south of Richmond, both bluffs were fortified by the Confederates early in the American Civil War.

A Union attempt to take Richmond by water by the ironclad USS Monitor and other Union warships during the Peninsula Campaign failed to get past the defenses at this location during the Battle of Drewry's Bluff on May 15, 1862.

Drewry's Bluff is part of the Fort Darling unit of the Richmond National Battlefield Park. Visitors can view the gun enplacements, the earthworks, and appreciate the commanding views and control over the river the bluff affords. However, in modern times, singer and businessman Jimmy Dean and his wife Donna Meade Dean make their home at Chaffin's Bluff, which is located on private property.