Pensacola Navy Yard (Union, 1862-1865)
Naval works, Pensacola (Warrington), Florida.
- Side
- Union
- Kind
- Naval works
- Where
- Pensacola (Warrington), Florida
- Years
- 1862-1865
- Today
- Museum
PENSACOLA NAVY YARD
The yard surrendered to secessionists on January 12, 1861, and the Confederates wrecked it when they left in May 1862. Union forces then held it, and the West Gulf Blockading Squadron used it for repairs and resupply for the rest of the war.
Then
The yard surrendered to secessionists on January 12, 1861, and the Confederates wrecked it when they left in May 1862. Union forces held Pensacola and its forts by May 12, 1862, and the West Gulf Blockading Squadron used the yard for repairs and resupply for the rest of the war. In 1865 supplies for Steele's Mobile column were routed to the storehouses around the yard.
Confederates under James H. Clanton struck the Navy Yard and Fort Barrancas on October 8, 1863, and were driven off.
Now
Museum
The yard site is Naval Air Station Pensacola, home of the Blue Angels and the National Naval Aviation Museum.
The nearest railroad in service today is a line owned by a smaller railroad, about 5 miles away.
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