Mississippi River Squadron

URI: https://gptkb.org/entity/Mississippi_River_Squadron

GPTKB entity

Statements (73)

Predicate	Object
gptkbp:instanceOf	gptkb:military_unit
gptkbp:activeDuring	gptkb:American_Civil_War
gptkbp:alsoKnownAs	gptkb:Western_Gunboat_Flotilla
gptkbp:branch	gptkb:United_States_Navy
gptkbp:country	gptkb:United_States
gptkbp:disbanded	1865
gptkbp:engagedIn	gptkb:Siege_of_Vicksburg gptkb:Red_River_Campaign gptkb:Battle_of_Fort_Donelson gptkb:Battle_of_Fort_Henry gptkb:Battle_of_Island_Number_Ten gptkb:Battle_of_Memphis
gptkbp:fleetSize	support vessels rams ironclad gunboats timberclad gunboats tinclad gunboats
gptkbp:formed	1861
gptkbp:headquarters	gptkb:Cairo,_Illinois
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label	Mississippi River Squadron
gptkbp:initiallyCommandedBy	gptkb:U.S._Army
gptkbp:laterCommandedBy	gptkb:U.S._Navy
gptkbp:notableCommander	gptkb:Andrew_H._Foote gptkb:David_D._Porter gptkb:Samuel_P._Lee gptkb:Charles_H._Davis
gptkbp:notableShip	gptkb:USS_Neosho gptkb:USS_Benton gptkb:USS_Black_Hawk gptkb:USS_Carondelet gptkb:USS_Chillicothe gptkb:USS_Cricket gptkb:USS_Eastport gptkb:USS_Forest_Rose gptkb:USS_Fort_Hindman gptkb:USS_General_Beauregard gptkb:USS_General_Burnside gptkb:USS_General_Grant gptkb:USS_General_Lyon gptkb:USS_General_Pillow gptkb:USS_General_Price gptkb:USS_General_Quitman gptkb:USS_General_Sherman gptkb:USS_General_Sterling_Price gptkb:USS_General_Taylor gptkb:USS_General_Thomas gptkb:USS_Lafayette gptkb:USS_Louisville gptkb:USS_Monarch gptkb:USS_Mound_City gptkb:USS_Osage gptkb:USS_Paw_Paw gptkb:USS_Peosta gptkb:USS_Pittsburgh gptkb:USS_Prairie_Bird gptkb:USS_Queen_of_the_West gptkb:USS_Rattler gptkb:USS_Romeo gptkb:USS_Signal gptkb:USS_Tyler gptkb:USS_General_Bragg gptkb:USS_Cairo USS Lexington
gptkbp:operates	gptkb:Mississippi_River gptkb:Ohio_River gptkb:Cumberland_River gptkb:Tennessee_River
gptkbp:purpose	control of western rivers
gptkbp:transferredTo	U.S. Army to U.S. Navy
gptkbp:type	gptkb:military_unit
gptkbp:bfsParent	gptkb:Red_River_Campaign gptkb:Samuel_Phillips_Lee
gptkbp:bfsLayer	6