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Confederate defenses of Charleston Harbor
URI:
https://gptkb.org/entity/Confederate_defenses_of_Charleston_Harbor
GPTKB entity
Statements (40)
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
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