Civil War bombardments of Pensacola Harbor

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The Civil War bombardments of Pensacola Harbor were a series of intense artillery duels in 1861–1862 between Union- and Confederate-held fortifications guarding the strategic harbor at Pensacola, Florida.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf artillery bombardment ⓘ
military engagement ⓘ
alsoKnownAs Bombardments of Pensacola Harbor (1861–1862) ⓘ
belligerent Confederate States of America ⓘ
Union ⓘ
combatType coastal defense operations ⓘ
siege warfare ⓘ
conflict American Civil War ⓘ
conflictTheater Western Theater of the American Civil War ⓘ
country United States ⓘ
endTime 1862 ⓘ
followedBy reduced military significance of Pensacola after Confederate withdrawal ⓘ
geographicalContext Gulf of Mexico coast ⓘ
hasPart First major bombardment of Pensacola Harbor (November 1861) ⓘ
Second major bombardment of Pensacola Harbor (January 1862) ⓘ
historicalEra 19th century ⓘ
involvedBranch Confederate Army ⓘ
Union Army ⓘ
Union Navy ⓘ
locatedInPresentDay Escambia County, Florida ⓘ
location Pensacola Harbor ⓘ
linked to: Pensacola Bay

Pensacola, Florida ⓘ
mainObjective control of Pensacola Harbor ⓘ
natureOfEngagement artillery duels between shore fortifications ⓘ
notableSite Fort Barrancas ⓘ
Fort McRee ⓘ
Fort Pickens ⓘ
Pensacola Navy Yard ⓘ
opposingForce Confederate-held coastal fortifications ⓘ
Union-held coastal fortifications ⓘ
partOf Gulf Coast campaign of the American Civil War ⓘ
operations along the Gulf of Mexico during the American Civil War ⓘ
precededBy early-war seizures of coastal installations in Florida ⓘ
primaryCombatants Confederate Army forces ⓘ
Union Army and Navy forces ⓘ
relatedEvent Union defense of Fort Pickens in 1861 ⓘ
seizure of Pensacola Navy Yard by Confederate forces in 1861 ⓘ
relatedTo blockade of the Confederate Gulf Coast ⓘ
result continued Union control of Fort Pickens ⓘ
eventual Confederate evacuation of Pensacola ⓘ
startTime 1861 ⓘ
strategicImportance control of a deep-water port on the Gulf of Mexico ⓘ
protection of Gulf Coast shipping lanes ⓘ
tacticalFeature exchange of fire between opposing harbor forts ⓘ
timePeriod 1861–1862 ⓘ
usedWeapon heavy naval guns ⓘ
mortars ⓘ
seacoast artillery ⓘ

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Fort Pickens → sawActionIn → Civil War bombardments of Pensacola Harbor ⓘ
Civil War bombardments of Pensacola Harbor → hasPart → First major bombardment of Pensacola Harbor (November 1861) ⓘ
linked to: Civil War bombardments of Pensacola Harbor
Civil War bombardments of Pensacola Harbor → hasPart → Second major bombardment of Pensacola Harbor (January 1862) ⓘ
linked to: Civil War bombardments of Pensacola Harbor
Civil War bombardments of Pensacola Harbor → alsoKnownAs → Bombardments of Pensacola Harbor (1861–1862) ⓘ
linked to: Civil War bombardments of Pensacola Harbor