Union Navy

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The Union Navy was the maritime military force of the United States during the American Civil War, responsible for blockading Confederate ports and controlling inland waterways.

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Union Navy canonical 16

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Predicate Object
instanceOf branch of the United States military
military organization
navy
activeDuring 1861–1865
allegiance Union
United States government
surface form: United States federal government
commander Andrew H. Foote
surface form: Andrew Hull Foote

David Dixon Porter
Admiral David Farragut
surface form: David Farragut

Samuel Francis Du Pont
conflict American Civil War
country United States of America
surface form: United States
effect limited Confederate imports of war materiel
restricted Confederate cotton exports
weakened Confederate economy
endTime 1865
followedBy United States Navy
surface form: United States Navy (post–Civil War)
headquartersLocation Washington, D.C.
languageOfCommand English
notableBattle Fort Donelson campaign
surface form: Battle of Fort Donelson

Fort Henry campaign
surface form: Battle of Fort Henry

Battle of Hampton Roads
Battle of Mobile Bay
Battle of New Orleans (Civil War naval operations)
surface form: Battle of New Orleans (1862)

Siege of Vicksburg
surface form: Vicksburg campaign
notableOperation Anaconda Plan
Union blockade of the Confederacy
surface form: Union blockade
notableShip USS Cairo
USS Hartford
USS Kearsarge
USS Merrimack (as USS Merrimack before capture)
USS Monitor
USS New Ironsides
opposedTo Confederate States Navy
oversightBy Department of the Navy
surface form: United States Department of the Navy
partOf Union war effort
United States Armed Forces
surface form: United States armed forces
precededBy United States Navy
surface form: United States Navy (pre–Civil War)
primaryMission blockade of Confederate ports
control of inland waterways
role commerce protection
interdiction of Confederate trade
power projection
sea control
support of land operations
startTime 1861
theaterOfOperations Atlantic Ocean
Gulf of Mexico
Mississippi River
Pacific Ocean
Western rivers
usedTactic amphibious operations
joint operations with Union Army
naval blockade
riverine warfare
usedTechnology iron armor plating
rifled naval artillery
steam propulsion
usedVesselType blockade runner catcher
gunboat
ironclad warship
monitor warship
river gunboat
sailing ship
screw sloop
steam frigate

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