Battle of Fort Morgan

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Predicate Object
gptkbp:instance_of gptkb:battle
gptkbp:bfsLayer 4
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:James_Ewell_Brown_Stuart_Sr.
gptkb:J._E._B._Stuart_Jr.
gptkb:Battle_of_Mobile_Bay
gptkbp:aftermath Union control of Mobile Bay
gptkbp:casualties Union casualties approximately 300
Confederate casualties approximately 200
gptkbp:combatant gptkb:Confederate_States
gptkb:United_States
gptkbp:commander gptkb:Admiral_David_Farragut
gptkb:General_Gordon_Granger
gptkbp:constructed_in gptkb:military_officer
gptkbp:date August 2, 1864
gptkbp:defense gptkb:military_officer
gptkbp:defense_mechanism Coastal fortification
Protect Mobile Bay
gptkbp:end_date August 23, 1864
gptkbp:enemy gptkb:Union_Navy
gptkbp:followed_by gptkb:Battle_of_Spanish_Fort
gptkbp:historical_context Part of the larger campaign to capture Mobile, Alabama
gptkbp:historical_figure gptkb:Colonel_John_W._Mc_Causland
gptkb:General_Richard_L._Page
gptkb:Major_General_Edward_R._S._Canby
gptkb:Major_General_William_S._Rosecrans
gptkb:Admiral_David_Farragut
gptkb:Brigadier_General_John_C._Breckinridge
gptkb:Major_General_George_H._Thomas
gptkb:Major_General_Ulysses_S._Grant
gptkb:Brigadier_General_William_H._C._Whiting
gptkb:Colonel_Charles_H._Smith
gptkb:Major_General_John_A._Logan
gptkb:Major_General_Joseph_Hooker
gptkb:Captain_John_W._Philip
gptkb:Major_General_William_T._Sherman
gptkb:Major_General_Winfield_Scott_Hancock
gptkb:General_Gordon_Granger
gptkb:Major_General_John_F._Reynolds
gptkb:Major_General_Philip_Sheridan
gptkb:Major_General_George_Meade
gptkb:Brigadier_General_John_H._Forney
gptkb:Major_General_Richard_Taylor
gptkbp:historical_significance Marked the decline of Confederate naval power
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label Battle of Fort Morgan
gptkbp:launch_date August 2, 1864
gptkbp:location gptkb:Fort_Morgan,_Alabama
gptkbp:military_branch gptkb:Confederate_States_Navy
gptkb:battle
gptkbp:notable_battle gptkb:Battle_of_Selma
gptkb:Battle_of_Fort_Gaines
gptkbp:notable_event Surrender of Fort Morgan
gptkbp:part_of gptkb:American_Civil_War
gptkbp:preceded_by gptkb:Battle_of_Mobile_Bay
gptkbp:result gptkb:Union_victory
gptkbp:significance Control of Mobile Bay
gptkbp:strategic_importance Blockade of Confederate ports
gptkbp:tactics gptkb:military_siege
Naval bombardment