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gptkbp:instance_of
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gptkb:military_unit
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gptkbp:bfsLayer
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5
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gptkbp:bfsParent
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gptkb:Battle_of_the_New_River
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gptkbp:active_years
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1861-1865
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gptkbp:affiliation
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gptkb:Army_of_Northern_Virginia
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gptkbp:campaigns
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gptkb:Valley_Campaign
gptkb:Maryland_Campaign
gptkb:Appomattox_Campaign
gptkb:Overland_Campaign
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gptkbp:casualties
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High during major battles
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gptkbp:commander
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gptkb:Colonel_John_W._Allen
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gptkbp:conservation_efforts
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Efforts to preserve battlefields and history
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gptkbp:country
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gptkb:United_States
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gptkbp:cultural_impact
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Featured in literature and films about the Civil War
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gptkbp:defeated
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April 1865
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gptkbp:descendant
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Descendants of soldiers honor their service
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gptkbp:disbandment_date
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1865
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gptkbp:formation_date
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1861
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gptkbp:has_ability
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1,000 soldiers
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gptkbp:headquarters
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gptkb:Richmond,_Virginia
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gptkbp:historical_analysis
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Subject of various academic studies
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gptkbp:historical_event
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Maintained by Virginia Historical Society
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gptkbp:historical_significance
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Participated in major battles of the Civil War
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https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label
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78th Virginia Infantry
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gptkbp:involved_units
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gptkb:military_unit
Other Virginia regiments
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gptkbp:is_celebrated_in
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Various Civil War memorials in Virginia
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gptkbp:is_engaged_in
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gptkb:Battle_of_Antietam
gptkb:Battle_of_Chancellorsville
gptkb:Battle_of_Fredericksburg
gptkb:Battle_of_Gettysburg
gptkb:Siege_of_Petersburg
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gptkbp:legacy
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Remembered for bravery and service
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gptkbp:members
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Virginia Civil War Reenactors
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gptkbp:motto
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“ Liberty or Death”
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gptkbp:nickname
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“ The Fighting 78th”
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gptkbp:notable_battle
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gptkb:Confederate_Battle_Flag
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gptkbp:notable_members
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gptkb:Captain_William_H._Mc_Causland
gptkb:Lieutenant_Colonel_John_M._Mc_Causland
gptkb:Major_John_W._Mc_Causland
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gptkbp:part_of
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gptkb:Confederate_States_Army
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gptkbp:primary_source
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Regimental histories and letters
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gptkbp:recruitment
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gptkb:Virginia
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gptkbp:reform
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1862
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gptkbp:retirement_year
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Influenced Southern heritage and memory
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gptkbp:reunion
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Annual reunions held post-war
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gptkbp:service_branch
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gptkb:military_unit
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gptkbp:service_years
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1 year
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gptkbp:size
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Approximately 1,000 soldiers at formation
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gptkbp:state
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gptkb:Virginia
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gptkbp:unit_history
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Fought in the Eastern Theater of the Civil War
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