Confederate coastal defenses

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Confederate States of America military formation fortification network military defense system

Confederate coastal defenses were a network of fortifications, artillery batteries, and supporting installations built by the Confederate States during the American Civil War to protect key ports, harbors, and shorelines from Union naval attacks.

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Observed surface forms (5)

Surface form	Occurrences
Army of Northern Virginia defensive positions	1
Cape Fear River defenses	1
Charleston Harbor defenses during the American Civil War	1
Chesapeake Bay defenses	1
Drewry’s Bluff defenses	1

Statements (133)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	Confederate States of America military formation ⓘ fortification network ⓘ military defense system ⓘ
appliesToJurisdiction	Cape Fear River NERFINISHED ⓘ Charleston Harbor NERFINISHED ⓘ Chesapeake Bay approaches NERFINISHED ⓘ Confederate Atlantic coastline ⓘ Confederate Gulf Coast NERFINISHED ⓘ Confederate inland waterways ⓘ James River NERFINISHED ⓘ Mississippi River NERFINISHED ⓘ Mobile Bay NERFINISHED ⓘ New Orleans approaches ⓘ Savannah River NERFINISHED ⓘ
conflict	American Civil War ⓘ
country	Confederate States of America NERFINISHED ⓘ
designedTo	control river approaches ⓘ defend industrial centers ⓘ defend railroad junctions ⓘ defend state capitals ⓘ prevent amphibious landings ⓘ protect harbors ⓘ protect key ports ⓘ protect shorelines ⓘ resist Union naval bombardment ⓘ support blockade running ⓘ
endTime	1865 ⓘ
hasPart	Battery Wagner NERFINISHED ⓘ Charleston harbor defenses NERFINISHED ⓘ Coastal lookout posts ⓘ Coastal railroad connections ⓘ Coastal supply depots ⓘ Confederate coastal artillery batteries NERFINISHED ⓘ Confederate coastal fortifications ⓘ Confederate coastal garrisons NERFINISHED ⓘ Confederate coastal minefields NERFINISHED ⓘ Confederate coastal obstructions ⓘ Confederate coastal signal stations ⓘ Drewry’s Bluff defenses NERFINISHED ⓘ Fort Caswell NERFINISHED ⓘ Fort Fisher NERFINISHED ⓘ Fort Gaines NERFINISHED ⓘ Fort Huger (Virginia) NERFINISHED ⓘ Fort Jackson (Louisiana) NERFINISHED ⓘ Fort McAllister NERFINISHED ⓘ Fort Morgan NERFINISHED ⓘ Fort Moultrie NERFINISHED ⓘ Fort Pulaski NERFINISHED ⓘ Fort St. Philip NERFINISHED ⓘ Fort Sumter NERFINISHED ⓘ Galveston harbor defenses NERFINISHED ⓘ Ironclad support positions ⓘ Mobile Bay defenses NERFINISHED ⓘ New Orleans lower river defenses NERFINISHED ⓘ Pensacola harbor defenses NERFINISHED ⓘ Savannah harbor defenses NERFINISHED ⓘ Signal flag stations ⓘ Telegraph lines for coastal communication ⓘ Torpedo (mine) fields in Southern rivers ⓘ Wilmington harbor defenses NERFINISHED ⓘ blockade-running support facilities ⓘ bombproof shelters ⓘ boom chains across channels ⓘ casemated gun emplacements ⓘ coastal engineer depots ⓘ coastal hospitals ⓘ coastal ordnance workshops ⓘ coastal picket boats ⓘ coastal powder mills ⓘ coastal training camps ⓘ crib and pile obstructions ⓘ earthwork batteries ⓘ floating batteries ⓘ hot-shot furnaces ⓘ lighthouse observation posts ⓘ masonry forts ⓘ open barbette batteries ⓘ palisades and obstacles ⓘ powder magazines ⓘ range markers for artillery ⓘ revetments and parapets ⓘ rifled artillery positions ⓘ sand batteries ⓘ smoothbore artillery positions ⓘ stone-ship blockades ⓘ submarine torpedoes (naval mines) ⓘ supporting ironclad rams ⓘ torpedo boats ⓘ
location	Alabama NERFINISHED ⓘ Florida NERFINISHED ⓘ Georgia NERFINISHED ⓘ Louisiana NERFINISHED ⓘ Mississippi NERFINISHED ⓘ North Carolina NERFINISHED ⓘ South Carolina NERFINISHED ⓘ Texas NERFINISHED ⓘ Virginia NERFINISHED ⓘ
notableEvent	Battle of Drewry’s Bluff in 1862 NERFINISHED ⓘ Battle of Fort Wagner in 1863 NERFINISHED ⓘ Battle of Forts Jackson and St. Philip in 1862 NERFINISHED ⓘ Battle of Galveston in 1863 NERFINISHED ⓘ Battle of Mobile Bay in 1864 NERFINISHED ⓘ Union attacks on Fort McAllister 1862–1863 NERFINISHED ⓘ Union bombardment of Fort Fisher 1864–1865 NERFINISHED ⓘ Union bombardment of Fort Sumter 1863–1865 NERFINISHED ⓘ Union capture of Fort Fisher in 1865 ⓘ Union capture of Fort Pulaski in 1862 ⓘ Union capture of Hatteras Inlet forts in 1861 ⓘ Union capture of New Orleans in 1862 ⓘ Union capture of Pensacola Navy Yard in 1862 ⓘ Union capture of Port Hudson in 1863 ⓘ Union capture of Port Royal Sound in 1861 ⓘ Union capture of Roanoke Island in 1862 ⓘ Union capture of Vicksburg in 1863 ⓘ Union capture of Wilmington in 1865 ⓘ Union occupation of Key West and Fort Jefferson NERFINISHED ⓘ Union occupation of Port Royal as major base ⓘ Union reduction of Fort Gaines and Fort Morgan ⓘ abandonment of exposed positions under Union pressure ⓘ adaptation of prewar U.S. forts for Confederate use ⓘ construction of extensive earthworks along coasts ⓘ coordination of ironclads with shore batteries ⓘ development of torpedo boats for harbor defense ⓘ early large-scale use of naval mines ⓘ siege of Charleston Harbor 1863–1865 NERFINISHED ⓘ use of rifled artillery against masonry forts ⓘ use of signal flags and telegraph for fire control ⓘ
opposedBy	Union Army coastal expeditions NERFINISHED ⓘ United States Navy NERFINISHED ⓘ
startTime	1861 ⓘ
usedBy	Confederate States Army NERFINISHED ⓘ Confederate States Marine Corps NERFINISHED ⓘ Confederate States Navy NERFINISHED ⓘ

Referenced by (8)

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

Battle of Port Royal → opponent → Confederate coastal defenses ⓘ

Fort Anderson → partOf → Confederate coastal defenses ⓘ

this entity surface form: Cape Fear River defenses

Fort Anderson → partOf → Confederate coastal defenses ⓘ

Richmond defenses → notableSector → Confederate coastal defenses ⓘ

this entity surface form: Drewry’s Bluff defenses

Endicott Period coast defenses → locatedIn → Confederate coastal defenses ⓘ

this entity surface form: Chesapeake Bay defenses

Fort Caswell → partOf → Confederate coastal defenses ⓘ

Morris Island → partOf → Confederate coastal defenses ⓘ

this entity surface form: Charleston Harbor defenses during the American Civil War

Rapidan River → servedAsBoundaryFor → Confederate coastal defenses ⓘ

this entity surface form: Army of Northern Virginia defensive positions