Battle of Cherbourg

GPTKB entity

Statements (92)
Predicate Object
gptkbp:instance_of gptkb:battle
gptkbp:aftermath Union control of the port
gptkbp:casualties Union: 1000
Union casualties approximately 300
Confederate casualties approximately 500
Confederacy: 2000
gptkbp:combatant gptkb:Union_Army
gptkb:Union
gptkbp:commander gptkb:Admiral_David_Farragut
gptkb:Admiral_Franklin_Buchanan
gptkbp:commemorated_by Civil War memorials
gptkbp:date June 1864
gptkbp:depicted_in gptkb:Documentaries
gptkb:Films
Books
gptkbp:duration 1 month
gptkbp:followed_by gptkb:Battle_of_Fort_Fisher
gptkbp:geographical_feature gptkb:English_Channel
gptkbp:historical_context Civil War naval operations
Civil War naval warfare
gptkbp:historical_event 1864
gptkbp:historical_figure gptkb:Philip_Sheridan
gptkb:David_Farragut
gptkb:John_Dahlgren_Jr.
gptkb:Abraham_Lincoln
gptkb:Robert_E._Lee
gptkb:Ulysses_S._Grant
gptkb:Franklin_Buchanan
gptkb:Jefferson_Davis
gptkb:George_Meade
gptkb:Colonel_William_Tecumseh_Sherman
gptkbp:historical_significance First major naval battle of the Civil War
Demonstrated naval power of the Union
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label Battle of Cherbourg
gptkbp:involved Ironclad warships
gptkbp:legacy Influence on future naval battles
gptkbp:location gptkb:Cherbourg,_France
gptkbp:military_engagement gptkb:Yes
gptkbp:notable_ships gptkb:CSS_Louisiana
gptkb:CSS_Tallahassee
gptkb:Union_Navy
gptkb:USS_Passaic
gptkb:CSS_Virginia
gptkb:USS_Monitor
gptkb:USS_Kearsarge
gptkb:CSS_Alabama
gptkb:USS_New_Ironsides
gptkb:Confederate_Navy
gptkb:CSS_Arkansas
gptkb:USS_Canonicus
gptkb:USS_Lackawanna
gptkb:USS_Monongahela
gptkb:USS_Osage
gptkb:USS_Sangamon
gptkb:USS_Hartford
gptkb:USS_Galena
gptkb:USS_Richmond
gptkb:USS_Ticonderoga
gptkb:CSS_Florida
gptkb:CSS_Georgia
gptkb:CSS_Mississippi
gptkb:CSS_Nashville
gptkb:CSS_North_Carolina
gptkb:CSS_Richmond
gptkb:CSS_Selma
gptkb:CSS_South_Carolina
gptkb:CSS_Tennessee
gptkb:USS_Brooklyn
gptkb:USS_St._Louis
gptkb:USS_Wyoming
gptkbp:outcome Closure of Confederate supply lines
Closure of the port to Confederate shipping
gptkbp:part_of gptkb:American_Civil_War
gptkbp:preceded_by gptkb:Battle_of_Mobile_Bay
gptkbp:primary_source Official reports
Historical analyses
gptkbp:related_event gptkb:Battle_of_Hampton_Roads
gptkb:Battle_of_New_Orleans
gptkb:Battle_of_Fort_Sumter
gptkbp:result gptkb:Union_victory
gptkbp:significance Strategic port control
Control of the port
gptkbp:significant_event First major naval battle in European waters during the Civil War
gptkbp:strategic_importance Naval blockade
Supply line to the Confederacy
gptkbp:tactics Naval blockade
gptkbp:tactics_used Blockade running
Naval bombardment
gptkbp:type Amphibious assault
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:Confederate_States_Navy
gptkb:Battle_of_Normandy
gptkbp:bfsLayer 4