Union West Gulf Blockading Squadron

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Union naval formation United States Navy squadron

The Union West Gulf Blockading Squadron was a U.S. Navy formation in the American Civil War responsible for enforcing the blockade and conducting major naval operations along the Gulf Coast, including the capture of New Orleans.

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All labels observed (4)

Label Occurrences
Gulf Blockading Squadron 2
West Gulf Blockading Squadron 2
Union Navy West Gulf Blockading Squadron under David G. Farragut 1

Statements (47)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Union naval formation ⓘ
United States Navy squadron ⓘ
allegiance Union ⓘ
areaOfOperations Gulf Coast of the United States ⓘ
Mississippi River Delta region ⓘ
surface form: Mississippi River delta

coast of Alabama ⓘ
coast of Louisiana ⓘ
coast of Mississippi ⓘ
coast of Texas ⓘ
coast of western Florida ⓘ
branch United States Navy ⓘ
commander Admiral David Farragut ⓘ
surface form: David Glasgow Farragut
conflict American Civil War ⓘ
country United States of America ⓘ
dateFormed 1862 ⓘ
disbanded after the American Civil War ⓘ
engagement Capture of New Orleans ⓘ
surface form: Battle of Forts Jackson and St. Philip

Battle of Mobile Bay ⓘ
Capture of New Orleans ⓘ
blockade of Galveston ⓘ
operations against Port Hudson ⓘ
operations against Vicksburg ⓘ
flagship USS Hartford ⓘ
formedFrom Union West Gulf Blockading Squadron self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Gulf Blockading Squadron

U.S. Navy Home Squadron ⓘ
surface form: United States Home Squadron
notableCommander Admiral David Farragut ⓘ
surface form: David Glasgow Farragut
objective capture of New Orleans ⓘ
closure of Confederate Gulf ports ⓘ
support of Union Army coastal campaigns ⓘ
opposedBy Confederate States Navy ⓘ
Confederate coastal defenses ⓘ
partOf Union blockade of the Confederacy ⓘ
role amphibious operations ⓘ
coastal bombardment ⓘ
naval blockade enforcement ⓘ
seizure of Confederate ports ⓘ
strategicImportance control of lower Mississippi River ⓘ
isolation of Confederate states bordering the Gulf ⓘ
subordinateTo Union Navy high command ⓘ
Department of the Navy ⓘ
surface form: United States Navy Department
successor U.S. Navy Home Squadron ⓘ
surface form: Gulf Squadron of the postwar U.S. Navy
theater Gulf of Mexico ⓘ
usedVesselType gunboats ⓘ
ironclads ⓘ
mortar schooners ⓘ
screw sloops ⓘ
steam sloops-of-war ⓘ

Referenced by (6)

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Battle of New Orleans (Civil War naval operations) → involved → Union West Gulf Blockading Squadron ⓘ
Battle of New Orleans (Civil War naval operations) → commandStructure → Union West Gulf Blockading Squadron ⓘ
this entity surface form: Union Navy West Gulf Blockading Squadron under David G. Farragut
Union West Gulf Blockading Squadron → formedFrom → Union West Gulf Blockading Squadron self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: Gulf Blockading Squadron
Capture of New Orleans → commandStructure → Union West Gulf Blockading Squadron ⓘ
this entity surface form: West Gulf Blockading Squadron
Union blockade of the Confederacy → hasPart → Union West Gulf Blockading Squadron ⓘ
this entity surface form: Gulf Blockading Squadron
Union blockade of the Confederacy → hasPart → Union West Gulf Blockading Squadron ⓘ
this entity surface form: West Gulf Blockading Squadron