Union blockade of the Confederacy

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Union military operation military strategy naval blockade

The Union blockade of the Confederacy was a comprehensive naval strategy by the United States during the American Civil War aimed at crippling the Southern economy by preventing the export of cotton and the import of war supplies.

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All labels observed (10)

Label Occurrences
Union blockade of the Confederacy canonical 5
American Civil War naval operations 3
Union blockade of Confederate ports 3

Statements (51)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Union military operation ⓘ
military strategy ⓘ
naval blockade ⓘ
alsoKnownAs Anaconda Plan ⓘ
surface form: Anaconda Plan blockade

Union blockade of the Confederacy ⓘ
surface form: Union blockade
appliesTo South Atlantic Blockading theater ⓘ
surface form: Confederate Atlantic coast

Gulf Coast of the United States ⓘ
surface form: Confederate Gulf coast

Confederate States of America ⓘ
Mississippi River ⓘ
major Confederate ports ⓘ
conflict American Civil War ⓘ
country United States of America ⓘ
surface form: United States
effect increased Union control of coastal areas ⓘ
inflation in the Confederate economy ⓘ
reduction of Confederate cotton exports ⓘ
shortages of manufactured goods in the Confederacy ⓘ
weakening of Confederate war effort ⓘ
endTime 1865 ⓘ
hasPart Atlantic Blockading Squadron ⓘ
East Gulf Blockading Squadron ⓘ
Union West Gulf Blockading Squadron ⓘ
surface form: Gulf Blockading Squadron

Atlantic Blockading Squadron ⓘ
surface form: North Atlantic Blockading Squadron

South Atlantic Blockading Squadron ⓘ
Union West Gulf Blockading Squadron ⓘ
surface form: West Gulf Blockading Squadron
historicalPeriod 1860s ⓘ
implementedBy United States Navy ⓘ
initiatedBy Abraham Lincoln ⓘ
involves Battle of Mobile Bay ⓘ
capture of New Orleans ⓘ
capture of Port Royal ⓘ
operations against Fort Fisher ⓘ
legalBasis proclamation by Abraham Lincoln in April 1861 ⓘ
location Atlantic Ocean ⓘ
Gulf of Mexico ⓘ
objective cripple Southern economy ⓘ
prevent export of Confederate cotton ⓘ
prevent import of war supplies into the Confederacy ⓘ
opposedBy Confederate States Navy ⓘ
Confederate privateers ⓘ
blockade runners ⓘ
partOf Anaconda Plan ⓘ
startTime 1861 ⓘ
targets Charleston Harbor ⓘ
surface form: Port of Charleston

Port of Galveston ⓘ
surface form: Port of Galveston, Texas

Port of Mobile ⓘ
surface form: Port of Mobile, Alabama

Port of New Orleans ⓘ
Port of Savannah ⓘ
Port of Wilmington ⓘ
surface form: Port of Wilmington, North Carolina
uses ironclads ⓘ
sailing ships ⓘ
steam-powered warships ⓘ

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Subject: Union blockade of the Confederacy
Description of subject: The Union blockade of the Confederacy was a comprehensive naval strategy by the United States during the American Civil War aimed at crippling the Southern economy by preventing the export of cotton and the import of war supplies.

Referenced by (19)

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

South Atlantic Blockading Squadron → engagedIn → Union blockade of the Confederacy ⓘ
South Atlantic Blockading Squadron → partOf → Union blockade of the Confederacy ⓘ
this entity surface form: Union blockade of the Confederate States
Rear Admiral Samuel Francis Du Pont → operationParticipatedIn → Union blockade of the Confederacy ⓘ
subject surface form: Samuel Francis Du Pont
this entity surface form: Union naval blockade of the Confederate coast
Battle of Port Royal → partOf → Union blockade of the Confederacy ⓘ
this entity surface form: Union blockade operations
Union Navy → notableOperation → Union blockade of the Confederacy ⓘ
this entity surface form: Union blockade
Mobile Bay → hasEvent → Union blockade of the Confederacy ⓘ
this entity surface form: American Civil War naval operations
York River → historicalEventSite → Union blockade of the Confederacy ⓘ
this entity surface form: American Civil War naval operations
Fort Fisher State Historic Site → relatedEvent → Union blockade of the Confederacy ⓘ
this entity surface form: Union blockade of Wilmington
Battle of Mobile Bay → partOf → Union blockade of the Confederacy ⓘ
The Prize Cases → appliesTo → Union blockade of the Confederacy ⓘ
Civil War in Florida → hasKeyEvent → Union blockade of the Confederacy ⓘ
this entity surface form: Union blockade of Florida coast
Scott’s Great Snake → relatedTo → Union blockade of the Confederacy ⓘ
this entity surface form: Union naval blockade
Scott’s Great Snake → isAboutEvent → Union blockade of the Confederacy ⓘ
this entity surface form: Union blockade of Confederate ports
Union West Gulf Blockading Squadron → partOf → Union blockade of the Confederacy ⓘ
South Atlantic Blockading theater → partOf → Union blockade of the Confederacy ⓘ
Union blockade of the Confederacy → alsoKnownAs → Union blockade of the Confederacy ⓘ
this entity surface form: Union blockade
Port Royal Sound → historicalSignificance → Union blockade of the Confederacy ⓘ
this entity surface form: American Civil War naval operations
USS Monitor → associatedWith → Union blockade of the Confederacy ⓘ
this entity surface form: Union blockade of Confederate ports
Battle of Hampton Roads → precededBy → Union blockade of the Confederacy ⓘ
this entity surface form: Union blockade of Confederate ports