Confederate defenses of Charleston Harbor

GPTKB entity

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Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf military fortification system
gptkbp:activeDuring gptkb:American_Civil_War
gptkbp:commander gptkb:General_P.G.T._Beauregard
General Roswell S. Ripley
gptkbp:defendedIn gptkb:Union_Army
gptkb:Union_Navy
gptkbp:historicalSignificance major Confederate stronghold
site of first shots of Civil War
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label Confederate defenses of Charleston Harbor
gptkbp:includedFort gptkb:Fort_Sumter
gptkb:Fort_Moultrie
gptkb:Battery_Bee
gptkb:Battery_Gregg
gptkb:Fort_Johnson
gptkb:Battery_Marshall
gptkb:Battery_Wagner
gptkb:Castle_Pinckney
gptkb:Fort_Ripley
gptkbp:location Charleston Harbor
gptkbp:notableBattle gptkb:Second_Battle_of_Charleston_Harbor
gptkb:First_Battle_of_Charleston_Harbor
gptkbp:notableEvent bombardment of Fort Sumter
siege of Battery Wagner
use of H.L. Hunley submarine
gptkbp:operatedBy gptkb:Confederate_States_Army
gptkbp:purpose defend Charleston from naval attack
prevent Union blockade
gptkbp:relatedTo gptkb:Charleston,_South_Carolina
naval warfare
siege warfare
coastal artillery
Union blockade of the South
gptkbp:status abandoned in 1865
gptkbp:weapon torpedoes
artillery
rifled artillery
sea mines
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:Battery_Izard
gptkb:Battery_Simkins
gptkbp:bfsLayer 8