Union Navy

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The Union Navy was the maritime military force of the United States during the American Civil War, responsible for blockading Confederate ports and controlling inland waterways.

All labels observed (5)

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (66)

Predicate Object
instanceOf branch of the United States military ⓘ
military organization ⓘ
navy ⓘ
activeDuring 1861–1865 ⓘ
allegiance Union ⓘ
United States federal government ⓘ
commander Andrew Hull Foote ⓘ
linked to: Andrew H. Foote

David Dixon Porter ⓘ
David Farragut ⓘ
Samuel Francis Du Pont ⓘ
conflict American Civil War ⓘ
country United States ⓘ
effect limited Confederate imports of war materiel ⓘ
restricted Confederate cotton exports ⓘ
weakened Confederate economy ⓘ
endTime 1865 ⓘ
followedBy United States Navy (post–Civil War) ⓘ
linked to: United States Navy
headquartersLocation Washington, D.C. ⓘ
languageOfCommand English ⓘ
notableBattle Battle of Fort Donelson ⓘ
Battle of Fort Henry ⓘ
linked to: Fort Henry campaign

Battle of Hampton Roads ⓘ
Battle of Mobile Bay ⓘ
Battle of New Orleans (1862) ⓘ
Vicksburg campaign ⓘ
linked to: Siege of Vicksburg
notableOperation Anaconda Plan ⓘ
Union blockade ⓘ
notableShip USS Cairo ⓘ
USS Hartford ⓘ
USS Kearsarge ⓘ
USS Merrimack (as USS Merrimack before capture) ⓘ
USS Monitor ⓘ
USS New Ironsides ⓘ
opposedTo Confederate States Navy ⓘ
oversightBy United States Department of the Navy ⓘ
partOf Union war effort ⓘ
United States armed forces ⓘ
precededBy United States Navy (pre–Civil War) ⓘ
linked to: United States Navy
primaryMission blockade of Confederate ports ⓘ
control of inland waterways ⓘ
role commerce protection ⓘ
interdiction of Confederate trade ⓘ
power projection ⓘ
sea control ⓘ
support of land operations ⓘ
startTime 1861 ⓘ
theaterOfOperations Atlantic Ocean ⓘ
Gulf of Mexico ⓘ
Mississippi River ⓘ
Pacific Ocean ⓘ
Western rivers ⓘ
usedTactic amphibious operations ⓘ
joint operations with Union Army ⓘ
naval blockade ⓘ
riverine warfare ⓘ
usedTechnology iron armor plating ⓘ
rifled naval artillery ⓘ
steam propulsion ⓘ
usedVesselType blockade runner catcher ⓘ
gunboat ⓘ
ironclad warship ⓘ
monitor warship ⓘ
river gunboat ⓘ
sailing ship ⓘ
screw sloop ⓘ
steam frigate ⓘ

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Referenced by (78)

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

Union → militaryBranch → Union Navy ⓘ
Anaconda Plan → implementedBy → Union Navy ⓘ
the North → militaryForce → Union Navy ⓘ
Winfield Scott Schley → partOf → Union Navy ⓘ
Cairo, Illinois → usedBy → Union Navy ⓘ
Soldiers and Sailors Monument (Boston) → subject → Union Navy ⓘ
subject linked to: Soldiers and Sailors Monument
Louisiana Unionists → recruitedFor → Union Navy ⓘ
Union (North) → militaryBranch → Union Navy ⓘ
CSS Sumter → pursuedBy → Union Navy ⓘ
USS Hatteras → belligerent → Union Navy ⓘ
USS Kearsarge → serviceBranch → Union Navy ⓘ
The Cumberland → historicalContext → Union Navy ⓘ
subject linked to: “The Cumberland”
The Stone Fleet → subject → Union Navy ⓘ
subject linked to: “The Stone Fleet”
Western Gunboat Flotilla → branch → Union Navy ⓘ
Andrew H. Foote → sideInConflict → Union Navy in the American Civil War ⓘ
linked to: Union Navy
CSS Florida → opponent → Union Navy ⓘ
Red River campaign → supportedBy → Union Navy ⓘ
CSS Tennessee → opposedBy → Union Navy ⓘ
Battle of Galveston → belligerent → Union Navy ⓘ
Battle of Memphis → belligerent → Union Navy ⓘ
USS Hartford → serviceBranch → Union Navy ⓘ
Seaman Bartlett Laffey → partOf → Union Navy ⓘ
City Point Unit → usedBy → Union Navy ⓘ
John P. Van Leer → militaryService → Union Navy ⓘ