Department of the Gulf

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Union Army department military command

The Department of the Gulf was a Union Army military command during the American Civil War responsible for operations along the Gulf Coast, including the occupation of New Orleans and surrounding regions.

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All labels observed (2)

Label	Occurrences
Department of the Gulf canonical	6
Administration of the Department of the Gulf	1

Statements (42)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	Union Army department ⓘ military command ⓘ
conflict	American Civil War ⓘ
country	United States of America ⓘ
formedFrom	Army of the Gulf ⓘ surface form: Gulf Coast commands of the Union Army
garrisoned	Baton Rouge, Louisiana ⓘ surface form: Baton Rouge Key coastal forts along the Gulf of Mexico ⓘ New Orleans ⓘ Port Hudson, Louisiana ⓘ surface form: Port Hudson
headquartersLocation	New Orleans ⓘ
jurisdiction	occupied portions of the Gulf States ⓘ
militaryBranch	United States Army ⓘ
militaryRole	administration of occupied Confederate territory ⓘ coordination of land operations with West Gulf Blockading Squadron ⓘ
notableCommander	Benjamin F. Butler ⓘ Edward R. S. Canby ⓘ Major General Gordon Granger ⓘ surface form: Gordon Granger Nathaniel P. Banks ⓘ Stephen A. Hurlbut ⓘ
notableEvent	Union campaigns in western Louisiana ⓘ Capture of New Orleans ⓘ surface form: Union capture and occupation of New Orleans operations supporting emancipation policy in occupied areas ⓘ
opposedBy	Confederate States Army ⓘ
oversawOperation	Mobile Bay region operations ⓘ Port Hudson operations ⓘ Red River campaign ⓘ surface form: Red River Campaign occupation of New Orleans ⓘ
partOf	Union Army ⓘ
responsibleFor	Union occupation of New Orleans ⓘ Union occupation of southern Louisiana ⓘ military government in occupied Louisiana ⓘ
side	Union ⓘ
subordinateTo	Military Division of the Mississippi ⓘ surface form: Military Division of West Mississippi United States Department of War ⓘ surface form: United States War Department
theaterOfOperations	Alabama ⓘ Gulf Coast ⓘ Louisiana Territory ⓘ surface form: Louisiana Mississippi River ⓘ surface form: Mississippi Texas ⓘ
timePeriod	American Civil War era ⓘ
typeOfOrganization	field army-level command ⓘ
usedLanguage	English ⓘ

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Input

Subject: Department of the Gulf
Description of subject: The Department of the Gulf was a Union Army military command during the American Civil War responsible for operations along the Gulf Coast, including the occupation of New Orleans and surrounding regions.

Referenced by (7)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Benjamin F. Butler → commanded → Department of the Gulf ⓘ

General Order No. 28 (New Orleans "Woman Order") → associatedWith → Department of the Gulf ⓘ

Nathaniel P. Banks → notableWork → Department of the Gulf ⓘ

this entity surface form: Administration of the Department of the Gulf

Nathaniel P. Banks → commanded → Department of the Gulf ⓘ

Army of the Gulf → formedAsPartOf → Department of the Gulf ⓘ

XVI Corps (Union Army) → subordinateTo → Department of the Gulf ⓘ

Capture of New Orleans → commandStructure → Department of the Gulf ⓘ