Confederate defenses of Mobile

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The Confederate defenses of Mobile were a network of coastal forts, batteries, and obstructions protecting the strategic port city of Mobile, Alabama, during the American Civil War.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Confederate States Army fortification network ⓘ
military defensive system ⓘ
armament heavy seacoast artillery ⓘ
rifled cannon ⓘ
smoothbore cannon ⓘ
conflict American Civil War ⓘ
constructedBy Confederate States Army engineers ⓘ
constructionMaterial brick masonry forts ⓘ
earthen fortifications ⓘ
country Confederate States of America ⓘ
engagedIn Battle of Fort Blakely ⓘ
Battle of Mobile Bay ⓘ
Siege of Spanish Fort ⓘ
campaign for Mobile, 1864–1865 ⓘ
fallDate April 1865 ⓘ
garrisonedBy Confederate States Army ⓘ
Confederate States Navy personnel in harbor batteries ⓘ
hasPart Blakely defensive line ⓘ
Fort Gaines ⓘ
Fort Huger ⓘ
Fort Morgan ⓘ
Fort Powell ⓘ
Fort Sidney Johnston ⓘ
Fort Sidney Johnston (Spanish Fort) ⓘ
Fort Tracy ⓘ
Spanish Fort defensive line ⓘ
linked to: Spanish Fort

artillery batteries along the eastern shore of Mobile Bay ⓘ
artillery batteries along the western shore of Mobile Bay ⓘ
inner line of earthworks around Mobile ⓘ
obstructions in the main ship channel ⓘ
outer line of earthworks north of Mobile ⓘ
torpedoes (naval mines) in Mobile Bay ⓘ
water batteries on Mobile Bay ⓘ
locatedIn Mobile Bay ⓘ
Mobile, Alabama ⓘ
notableCommander Dabney H. Maury ⓘ
Franklin Gardner ⓘ
Richard L. Page ⓘ
opposedBy Union Army ⓘ
Union Navy ⓘ
partOf Confederate Gulf Coast defenses ⓘ
result capture of Mobile by Union forces ⓘ
strategicImportance defense of interior rail connections through Mobile ⓘ
protection of blockade-running routes ⓘ
protection of one of the last major Confederate Gulf ports ⓘ
timePeriod 1861–1865 ⓘ
usedFor coastal defense ⓘ
harbor defense ⓘ
protection of port facilities ⓘ

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Fort Gaines → associatedWith → Confederate defenses of Mobile ⓘ
Fort Morgan → partOf → Mobile Bay defenses ⓘ
linked to: Confederate defenses of Mobile
Confederate coastal defenses → hasPart → Mobile Bay defenses ⓘ
linked to: Confederate defenses of Mobile
Brooke rifle → usedAt → Confederate coastal batteries in Mobile Bay ⓘ
linked to: Confederate defenses of Mobile
CSS Morgan → partOf → Confederate defenses of Mobile Bay ⓘ
linked to: Confederate defenses of Mobile
Fort Powell → partOf → Confederate Gulf Coast defenses ⓘ
linked to: Confederate defenses of Mobile