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Map of the military Department of the Gulf in 1864

The Department of the Gulf was a command of the United States Army in the nineteenth and early twentieth centuries and of the Confederate States Army during the Civil War.

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Department of the Gulf

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The Department of the Gulf was a command of the United States Army in the nineteenth and early twentieth centuries and of the Confederate States Army...

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Gulf War syndrome

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multi-symptomatic disorder affecting military veterans of both sides of the Gulf War (1990–1991). A wide range of acute and chronic symptoms have been linked to...

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Persian Gulf

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The Persian Gulf (Persian: خلیج فارس, romanized: xalij-e fârs, lit. 'Gulf of Fars', pronounced [xæliːdʒe fɒːɾs]), sometimes called the Arabian Gulf (Arabic:...

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Gulf of Mexico

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The Gulf of Mexico (Spanish: Golfo de México) is an ocean basin and a marginal sea of the Atlantic Ocean, mostly surrounded by the North American continent...

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Gulf War

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The Gulf War was an armed conflict between Iraq and a 42-country coalition led by the United States. The coalition's efforts against Iraq were carried...

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Gulf of Thailand

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The Gulf of Thailand, also known as the Gulf of Siam, is a shallow inlet in the southwestern South China Sea, bounded between the southwestern shores...

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Army of the Gulf

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Alabama. The Department of the Gulf was created following the capture of New Orleans by Admiral David G. Farragut in 1862. The commander of the Union occupation...

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Gulf of Tonkin incident

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The Gulf of Tonkin incident (Vietnamese: Sự kiện Vịnh Bắc Bộ) was an international confrontation that led to the United States engaging more directly in...

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Capture of New Orleans

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for an attack from the north instead of from the Gulf of Mexico. The history of New Orleans differs significantly with the histories of other cities that...

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Valle Department

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Valle is one of the 18 departments into which Honduras is divided. The departmental capital is Nacaome. The department faces the Gulf of Fonseca and contains...

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Battle of Brownsville

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at the second Battle of Sabine Pass, the U.S. government demanded General Nathaniel P. Banks, commanding the Department of the Gulf, to make another attempt...

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Army of West Mississippi

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as the Army of the Gulf, but was renamed when it became a part of the Military Division of West Mississippi, in the Department of the Gulf commanded by...

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Gulf of Venezuela

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The Gulf of Venezuela is a gulf of the Caribbean Sea bounded by the Venezuelan states of Zulia and Falcón and by La Guajira Department, Colombia. The...

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Deepwater Horizon oil spill

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coast of the United States in the Gulf of Mexico on the BP-operated Macondo Prospect, considered the largest marine oil spill in the history of the petroleum...

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Red River campaign

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launched through the densely forested gulf coastal plain region between the Red River Valley and central Arkansas towards the end of the war. The offensive was...

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Army of the Potomac

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was to command the Division of the Potomac, which included the Department of Northeast Virginia under McDowell and the Department of Washington under...

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Gulf Oil

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Gulf Oil was one of the Seven Sisters oil companies. Prior to its merger with Standard Oil of California, Gulf was one of the chief instruments of the...

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Army of the Cumberland

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Anderson. The army fought under the name Army of the Ohio until Maj. Gen. William S. Rosecrans assumed command of the army and the Department of the Cumberland...

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Gulf Cartel

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The Gulf Cartel (Spanish: Cártel del Golfo, Golfos, or CDG) is a criminal syndicate and drug trafficking organization in Mexico, and perhaps one of the...

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Gulf of Tonkin Resolution

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The Gulf of Tonkin Resolution or the Southeast Asia Resolution, Pub. L.Tooltip Public Law (United States) 88–408, 78 Stat. 384, enacted August 10, 1964...

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Kerala Gulf diaspora

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by the Department of Non-resident Keralite Affairs. The "Gulf Boom" refers to the mass migration of a large number of people from the Indian state of Kerala...

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Department of the South

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the Department of the Gulf. Until 1864, the department's command was coterminous with that of the X Corps. North Carolina was added to the department briefly...

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Coalition of the Gulf War

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assembly of a multinational military coalition to fight against Iraq in the Gulf War. The coalition's purpose was to liberate Iraqi-occupied Kuwait by "all...

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Gulf of Sidra

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The Gulf of Sidra (Arabic: خليج السدرة, romanized: Khalij as-Sidra, also known as the Gulf of Sirte (Arabic: خليج سرت, romanized: Khalij Surt, is a body...

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Army of the Tennessee

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became commander of the Department of the Gulf. Now that Chattanooga was secure, an avenue of invasion lay open into the heart of the Deep South. It fell...

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Historical regions of the United States

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portion of Idaho. Department of Texas (1871–1880) (originally part of the Department of the Gulf) Texas after 1865. Department of New Mexico (1854–65)...

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