Civil War bombardments of Pensacola Harbor

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artillery bombardment military engagement

The Civil War bombardments of Pensacola Harbor were a series of intense artillery duels in 1861–1862 between Union- and Confederate-held fortifications guarding the strategic harbor at Pensacola, Florida.

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All labels observed (4)

Label	Occurrences
Bombardments of Pensacola Harbor (1861–1862)	1
Civil War bombardments of Pensacola Harbor canonical	1
First major bombardment of Pensacola Harbor (November 1861)	1
Second major bombardment of Pensacola Harbor (January 1862)	1

Statements (48)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	artillery bombardment ⓘ military engagement ⓘ
alsoKnownAs	Civil War bombardments of Pensacola Harbor ⓘ surface form: Bombardments of Pensacola Harbor (1861–1862)
belligerent	Confederate States of America ⓘ Union ⓘ
combatType	coastal defense operations ⓘ siege warfare ⓘ
conflict	American Civil War ⓘ
conflictTheater	Western Theater of the American Civil War ⓘ
country	United States of America ⓘ surface form: United States
endTime	1862 ⓘ
followedBy	reduced military significance of Pensacola after Confederate withdrawal ⓘ
geographicalContext	Gulf of Mexico coastline ⓘ surface form: Gulf of Mexico coast
hasPart	Civil War bombardments of Pensacola Harbor self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: First major bombardment of Pensacola Harbor (November 1861) Civil War bombardments of Pensacola Harbor self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: Second major bombardment of Pensacola Harbor (January 1862)
historicalEra	19th century ⓘ
involvedBranch	Confederate States Army ⓘ surface form: Confederate Army Union Army ⓘ Union Navy ⓘ
locatedInPresentDay	Escambia County, Florida NERFINISHED ⓘ
location	Pensacola Bay ⓘ surface form: Pensacola Harbor Pensacola, Florida ⓘ
mainObjective	control of Pensacola Harbor ⓘ
natureOfEngagement	artillery duels between shore fortifications ⓘ
notableSite	Fort Barrancas ⓘ Fort McRee ⓘ Fort Pickens ⓘ Pensacola Navy Yard ⓘ
opposingForce	Confederate-held coastal fortifications ⓘ Union-held coastal fortifications ⓘ
partOf	Gulf Coast campaign of the American Civil War ⓘ operations along the Gulf of Mexico during the American Civil War ⓘ
precededBy	early-war seizures of coastal installations in Florida ⓘ
primaryCombatants	Confederate States Army ⓘ surface form: Confederate Army forces Union Army and Navy forces ⓘ
relatedEvent	Union defense of Fort Pickens in 1861 ⓘ seizure of Pensacola Navy Yard by Confederate forces in 1861 ⓘ
relatedTo	blockade of the Confederate Gulf Coast ⓘ
result	continued Union control of Fort Pickens ⓘ eventual Confederate evacuation of Pensacola ⓘ
startTime	1861 ⓘ
strategicImportance	control of a deep-water port on the Gulf of Mexico ⓘ protection of Gulf Coast shipping lanes ⓘ
tacticalFeature	exchange of fire between opposing harbor forts ⓘ
timePeriod	1861–1862 ⓘ
usedWeapon	heavy naval guns ⓘ mortars ⓘ seacoast artillery ⓘ

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Fort Pickens → sawActionIn → Civil War bombardments of Pensacola Harbor ⓘ

Civil War bombardments of Pensacola Harbor → hasPart → Civil War bombardments of Pensacola Harbor self-linksurface differs ⓘ

this entity surface form: First major bombardment of Pensacola Harbor (November 1861)

Civil War bombardments of Pensacola Harbor → hasPart → Civil War bombardments of Pensacola Harbor self-linksurface differs ⓘ

this entity surface form: Second major bombardment of Pensacola Harbor (January 1862)

Civil War bombardments of Pensacola Harbor → alsoKnownAs → Civil War bombardments of Pensacola Harbor ⓘ

this entity surface form: Bombardments of Pensacola Harbor (1861–1862)