Confederate River Defense Fleet

URI: https://gptkb.org/entity/Confederate_River_Defense_Fleet
GPTKB entity
Statements (30)
Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf gptkb:military
gptkbp:activeDuring gptkb:American_Civil_War
gptkbp:commander gptkb:James_E._Montgomery
J. H. Townsend
gptkbp:disbanded 1862
gptkbp:fate mostly destroyed at Battle of Memphis
gptkbp:fleetSize cottonclad ram fleet
gptkbp:formedIn 1862
gptkbp:headquarters gptkb:New_Orleans,_Louisiana
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label Confederate River Defense Fleet
gptkbp:notableEngagement gptkb:Battle_of_Memphis
gptkb:Battle_of_Plum_Point_Bend
gptkbp:notableShip gptkb:CSS_General_Beauregard
gptkb:CSS_General_Bragg
gptkb:CSS_General_Earl_Van_Dorn
gptkb:CSS_General_Lovell
gptkb:CSS_General_M._Jeff_Thompson
gptkb:CSS_General_Polk
gptkb:CSS_General_Price
gptkb:CSS_General_Sterling_Price
gptkb:CSS_General_Sumter
gptkb:CSS_General_Van_Dorn
CSS General Thompson
gptkbp:numberOfShips 14
gptkbp:operatedBy gptkb:Confederate_States_of_America
gptkbp:operates gptkb:Mississippi_River
tributaries of the Mississippi River
gptkbp:purpose defend Confederate control of rivers
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:Battle_of_Memphis
gptkbp:bfsLayer 6