Western Gunboat Flotilla

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Civil War river flotilla Union naval formation United States Navy unit

The Western Gunboat Flotilla was a Union naval force of ironclad and timberclad gunboats that played a crucial role in river operations and early victories in the Western Theater of the American Civil War.

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Surface form	Occurrences
Union Navy gunboats	1

Statements (50)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	Civil War river flotilla ⓘ Union naval formation ⓘ United States Navy unit ⓘ
allegiance	Union NERFINISHED ⓘ
branch	Union Army (administrative control early in war) NERFINISHED ⓘ Union Navy NERFINISHED ⓘ
composedOf	ironclad gunboats ⓘ mortar boats ⓘ timberclad gunboats ⓘ
conflict	American Civil War ⓘ
country	United States of America ⓘ
effect	helped split the Confederacy along the Mississippi River ⓘ
formedFor	operations on the Mississippi and its tributaries ⓘ
historicalSignificance	key element in Union riverine strategy in the West ⓘ
notableCommander	Andrew H. Foote NERFINISHED ⓘ Charles H. Davis NERFINISHED ⓘ
notableFor	close cooperation with Union Army forces ⓘ contribution to early Union victories in the Western Theater ⓘ pioneering use of ironclad gunboats on inland waters ⓘ
notableShip	USS Benton NERFINISHED ⓘ USS Cairo NERFINISHED ⓘ USS Carondelet NERFINISHED ⓘ USS Conestoga NERFINISHED ⓘ USS Lexington NERFINISHED ⓘ USS Louisville NERFINISHED ⓘ USS Mound City NERFINISHED ⓘ USS Pittsburgh NERFINISHED ⓘ USS St. Louis (later USS Baron De Kalb) NERFINISHED ⓘ USS Tyler NERFINISHED ⓘ
objective	opening river routes into the Confederate interior ⓘ seizure and control of Confederate-held river forts ⓘ
operationalArea	Cumberland River NERFINISHED ⓘ Mississippi River NERFINISHED ⓘ Ohio River NERFINISHED ⓘ Tennessee River NERFINISHED ⓘ Western rivers of the United States ⓘ
participatedIn	Battle of Fort Donelson NERFINISHED ⓘ Battle of Fort Henry NERFINISHED ⓘ Battle of Island Number Ten NERFINISHED ⓘ Battle of Shiloh (Pittsburg Landing) NERFINISHED ⓘ early Vicksburg operations ⓘ operations against Columbus, Kentucky ⓘ operations on the Yazoo River ⓘ
role	blockade and control of inland waterways ⓘ riverine warfare ⓘ shore bombardment ⓘ support of amphibious operations ⓘ
supportedOperation	Union advance down the Mississippi River ⓘ Union campaigns in Tennessee and Kentucky ⓘ
theater	Western Theater of the American Civil War NERFINISHED ⓘ

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Fort Donelson campaign → unionForceType → Western Gunboat Flotilla ⓘ

Red River Campaign (participation) → supportedBy → Western Gunboat Flotilla ⓘ

this entity surface form: Union Navy gunboats