Union blockade of the Confederacy

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

GPTKB entity

Statements (46)

Predicate	Object
gptkbp:instanceOf	gptkb:brick
gptkbp:alsoKnownAs	gptkb:Anaconda_Plan
gptkbp:commander	gptkb:David_Farragut gptkb:David_Dixon_Porter gptkb:Samuel_Francis_Du_Pont
gptkbp:conflict	gptkb:American_Civil_War
gptkbp:effect	economic hardship for the Confederacy rise of blockade runners severe shortages in the South
gptkbp:endDate	1865
gptkbp:enforcedBy	gptkb:South_Atlantic_Blockading_Squadron gptkb:Atlantic_Blockading_Squadron gptkb:East_Gulf_Blockading_Squadron gptkb:West_Gulf_Blockading_Squadron gptkb:North_Atlantic_Blockading_Squadron gptkb:Gulf_Blockading_Squadron Union Blockading Squadrons
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label	Union blockade of the Confederacy
gptkbp:implementedIn	gptkb:United_States_Navy
gptkbp:internationalResponse	Britain and France declared neutrality no foreign recognition of Confederacy
gptkbp:legalBasis	gptkb:Proclamation_of_Blockade_Against_Southern_Ports
gptkbp:mainPortsBlocked	gptkb:New_Orleans gptkb:Wilmington gptkb:Charleston gptkb:Savannah
gptkbp:notableBlockadeRunners	gptkb:CSS_Robert_E._Lee CSS Advance CSS Banshee
gptkbp:opposedBy	gptkb:Confederate_States_Navy blockade runners
gptkbp:order	gptkb:Abraham_Lincoln
gptkbp:purpose	to prevent the export of cotton and the import of war supplies
gptkbp:relatedEvent	gptkb:Capture_of_New_Orleans gptkb:Battle_of_Fort_Fisher gptkb:Battle_of_Mobile_Bay
gptkbp:relatedTo	gptkb:cotton_diplomacy naval warfare economic warfare Union strategy in the Civil War
gptkbp:result	Union victory
gptkbp:significance	major factor in Confederate defeat
gptkbp:startDate	April 19, 1861
gptkbp:target	gptkb:Confederate_States_of_America
gptkbp:bfsParent	gptkb:Scott's_Great_Snake
gptkbp:bfsLayer	7