Confederate defenses of Mobile

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Confederate States Army fortification network military defensive system

The Confederate defenses of Mobile were a network of coastal forts, batteries, and obstructions protecting the strategic port city of Mobile, Alabama, during the American Civil War.

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All labels observed (2)

Label	Occurrences
Confederate defenses of Mobile canonical	1
Mobile Bay defenses	1

Statements (49)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	Confederate States Army fortification network ⓘ military defensive system ⓘ
armament	heavy seacoast artillery ⓘ rifled cannon ⓘ smoothbore cannon ⓘ
conflict	American Civil War ⓘ
constructedBy	Confederate States Army engineers NERFINISHED ⓘ
constructionMaterial	brick masonry forts ⓘ earthen fortifications ⓘ
country	Confederate States of America NERFINISHED ⓘ
engagedIn	Battle of Fort Blakely NERFINISHED ⓘ Battle of Mobile Bay NERFINISHED ⓘ Siege of Spanish Fort NERFINISHED ⓘ campaign for Mobile, 1864–1865 ⓘ
fallDate	April 1865 ⓘ
garrisonedBy	Confederate States Army NERFINISHED ⓘ Confederate States Navy personnel in harbor batteries ⓘ
hasPart	Blakely defensive line NERFINISHED ⓘ Fort Gaines NERFINISHED ⓘ Fort Huger NERFINISHED ⓘ Fort Morgan NERFINISHED ⓘ Fort Powell NERFINISHED ⓘ Fort Sidney Johnston NERFINISHED ⓘ Fort Sidney Johnston (Spanish Fort) NERFINISHED ⓘ Fort Tracy NERFINISHED ⓘ Spanish Fort defensive line NERFINISHED ⓘ artillery batteries along the eastern shore of Mobile Bay ⓘ artillery batteries along the western shore of Mobile Bay ⓘ inner line of earthworks around Mobile ⓘ obstructions in the main ship channel ⓘ outer line of earthworks north of Mobile ⓘ torpedoes (naval mines) in Mobile Bay ⓘ water batteries on Mobile Bay ⓘ
locatedIn	Mobile Bay NERFINISHED ⓘ Mobile, Alabama NERFINISHED ⓘ
notableCommander	Dabney H. Maury NERFINISHED ⓘ Franklin Gardner NERFINISHED ⓘ Richard L. Page NERFINISHED ⓘ
opposedBy	Union Army NERFINISHED ⓘ Union Navy NERFINISHED ⓘ
partOf	Confederate Gulf Coast defenses NERFINISHED ⓘ
result	capture of Mobile by Union forces ⓘ
strategicImportance	defense of interior rail connections through Mobile ⓘ protection of blockade-running routes ⓘ protection of one of the last major Confederate Gulf ports ⓘ
timePeriod	1861–1865 ⓘ
usedFor	coastal defense ⓘ harbor defense ⓘ protection of port facilities ⓘ

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

Fort Gaines → associatedWith → Confederate defenses of Mobile ⓘ

Fort Morgan → partOf → Confederate defenses of Mobile ⓘ

this entity surface form: Mobile Bay defenses