Navy's Mississippi Squadron

URI: https://gptkb.org/entity/Navy's_Mississippi_Squadron

GPTKB entity

Statements (58)

Predicate	Object
gptkbp:instanceOf	gptkb:military_unit
gptkbp:activeDuring	gptkb:American_Civil_War
gptkbp:branch	gptkb:United_States_Navy
gptkbp:disbanded	1865
gptkbp:engagedIn	gptkb:Red_River_Campaign gptkb:Vicksburg_Campaign gptkb:Battle_of_Arkansas_Post gptkb:Battle_of_Memphis gptkb:Battle_of_Fort_Hindman gptkb:Battle_of_Grand_Gulf
gptkbp:fleetSize	riverine fleet
gptkbp:formedIn	1862
gptkbp:headquarters	gptkb:Cairo,_Illinois gptkb:Mound_City,_Illinois
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label	Navy's Mississippi Squadron
gptkbp:includedVesselType	mortars rams ironclad gunboats timberclad gunboats tinclad gunboats
gptkbp:notableCommander	gptkb:Rear_Admiral_Samuel_Phillips_Lee Rear Admiral David Dixon Porter
gptkbp:notableShip	gptkb:USS_Benton gptkb:USS_Black_Hawk gptkb:USS_Carondelet gptkb:USS_Chillicothe gptkb:USS_Eastport 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_Sherman gptkb:USS_General_Sterling_Price gptkb:USS_General_Thomas gptkb:USS_Lafayette gptkb:USS_Louisville gptkb:USS_Monarch gptkb:USS_Mound_City gptkb:USS_Pittsburgh gptkb:USS_Queen_of_the_West gptkb:USS_Signal gptkb:USS_Tyler gptkb:USS_General_Bragg gptkb:USS_Cairo gptkb:USS_Essex USS Lexington USS General McPherson USS Ouachita USS Switzerland
gptkbp:operates	gptkb:Mississippi_River tributaries of the Mississippi River
gptkbp:partOf	gptkb:Union_Navy
gptkbp:primaryMission	control of the Mississippi River blockade of Confederate supply lines
gptkbp:bfsParent	gptkb:Union_forces
gptkbp:bfsLayer	7