Union West Gulf Blockading Squadron

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The Union West Gulf Blockading Squadron was a U.S. Navy formation in the American Civil War responsible for enforcing the blockade and conducting major naval operations along the Gulf Coast, including the capture of New Orleans.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Union naval formation ⓘ
United States Navy squadron ⓘ
allegiance Union ⓘ
areaOfOperations Gulf Coast of the United States ⓘ
Mississippi River delta ⓘ
coast of Alabama ⓘ
coast of Louisiana ⓘ
coast of Mississippi ⓘ
coast of Texas ⓘ
coast of western Florida ⓘ
branch United States Navy ⓘ
commander David Glasgow Farragut ⓘ
conflict American Civil War ⓘ
country United States of America ⓘ
dateFormed 1862 ⓘ
disbanded after the American Civil War ⓘ
engagement Battle of Forts Jackson and St. Philip ⓘ
Battle of Mobile Bay ⓘ
Capture of New Orleans ⓘ
blockade of Galveston ⓘ
operations against Port Hudson ⓘ
operations against Vicksburg ⓘ
flagship USS Hartford ⓘ
formedFrom Gulf Blockading Squadron ⓘ
United States Home Squadron ⓘ
notableCommander David Glasgow Farragut ⓘ
objective capture of New Orleans ⓘ
closure of Confederate Gulf ports ⓘ
support of Union Army coastal campaigns ⓘ
opposedBy Confederate States Navy ⓘ
Confederate coastal defenses ⓘ
partOf Union blockade of the Confederacy ⓘ
role amphibious operations ⓘ
coastal bombardment ⓘ
naval blockade enforcement ⓘ
seizure of Confederate ports ⓘ
strategicImportance control of lower Mississippi River ⓘ
isolation of Confederate states bordering the Gulf ⓘ
subordinateTo Union Navy high command ⓘ
United States Navy Department ⓘ
successor Gulf Squadron of the postwar U.S. Navy ⓘ
theater Gulf of Mexico ⓘ
usedVesselType gunboats ⓘ
ironclads ⓘ
mortar schooners ⓘ
screw sloops ⓘ
steam sloops-of-war ⓘ

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Battle of New Orleans (Civil War naval operations) → involved → Union West Gulf Blockading Squadron ⓘ
Battle of New Orleans (Civil War naval operations) → commandStructure → Union Navy West Gulf Blockading Squadron under David G. Farragut ⓘ
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Union West Gulf Blockading Squadron → formedFrom → Gulf Blockading Squadron ⓘ
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Capture of New Orleans → commandStructure → West Gulf Blockading Squadron ⓘ
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Union blockade of the Confederacy → hasPart → Gulf Blockading Squadron ⓘ
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Union blockade of the Confederacy → hasPart → West Gulf Blockading Squadron ⓘ
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USS Hatteras → theaterOfOperations → Gulf Blockading Squadron area ⓘ
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USS Hartford → theater → Western Gulf Blockading Squadron ⓘ
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USS Hartford → theater → West Gulf Blockading Squadron ⓘ
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Henry A. Walke → servedOn → West Gulf Blockading Squadron ⓘ
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CSS Morgan → navalTheater → Western Gulf Blockading Squadron area ⓘ
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USS Tecumseh → assignedTo → West Gulf Blockading Squadron ⓘ
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