Battle of Spanish Fort

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The Battle of Spanish Fort was a late-Civil War Union assault on Confederate defenses near Mobile, Alabama, in March–April 1865 that helped secure the fall of one of the Confederacy’s last major Gulf Coast strongholds.

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Label Occurrences
Siege of Spanish Fort 3
Battle of Spanish Fort canonical 2

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Predicate Object
instanceOf American Civil War battle ⓘ
battle ⓘ
alsoKnownAs Siege of Spanish Fort ⓘ
associatedWith Union XIII Corps ⓘ
Union XVI Corps ⓘ
belligerent Confederate States of America ⓘ
United States (Union) ⓘ
campaignTheater Western Theater of the American Civil War ⓘ
casualtiesConfederate approximately 600 killed, wounded, or missing ⓘ
casualtiesUnion approximately 700 killed, wounded, or missing ⓘ
chronology one of the last major battles of the American Civil War ⓘ
combatant Confederate Army of Tennessee ⓘ
linked to: Army of Tennessee

Union Army ⓘ
commander Dabney H. Maury ⓘ
Edward Canby ⓘ
linked to: Edward R. S. Canby

John M. Corse NERFINISHED ⓘ
Randall L. Gibson ⓘ
conflict American Civil War ⓘ
country United States ⓘ
dateEnd 1865-04-08 ⓘ
dateStart 1865-03-27 ⓘ
defensiveCommander Randall L. Gibson ⓘ
description Union forces besieged and assaulted Confederate fortifications at Spanish Fort, Alabama ⓘ
endedWith evacuation of Confederate defenders ⓘ
era American Civil War ⓘ
followedBy Battle of Fort Blakely ⓘ
fortification Spanish Fort defensive works ⓘ
fortificationType earthwork fortifications ⓘ
geographicalFeature Mobile Bay ⓘ
location Spanish Fort, Alabama ⓘ
linked to: Spanish Fort

near Mobile, Alabama ⓘ
objective capture Confederate defenses protecting Mobile, Alabama ⓘ
offensiveCommander Edward Canby ⓘ
linked to: Edward R. S. Canby
partOf Mobile Campaign ⓘ
Union Gulf Coast operations ⓘ
precededBy Union advance on Mobile defenses ⓘ
purposeUnion to neutralize Confederate defenses east of Mobile Bay ⓘ
relatedEvent Battle of Fort Blakely ⓘ
Fall of Mobile, Alabama ⓘ
result Union victory ⓘ
significance contributed to the fall of Mobile, Alabama ⓘ
helped secure one of the Confederacy’s last major Gulf Coast strongholds ⓘ
state Alabama ⓘ
strengthConfederate approximately 2,500–3,500 soldiers ⓘ
strengthUnion approximately 32,000 soldiers ⓘ
typeOfEngagement assault ⓘ
siege ⓘ
year 1865 ⓘ

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Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Army of the Gulf → notableEngagement → Battle of Spanish Fort ⓘ
Spanish Fort → historicalEvent → Battle of Spanish Fort ⓘ
Confederate defenses of Mobile → engagedIn → Siege of Spanish Fort ⓘ
linked to: Battle of Spanish Fort
Battle of Fort Blakeley → precededBy → Siege of Spanish Fort ⓘ
linked to: Battle of Spanish Fort
Battle of Spanish Fort → alsoKnownAs → Siege of Spanish Fort ⓘ
linked to: Battle of Spanish Fort