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gptkbp:instance_of
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gptkb:military_unit
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gptkbp:active_years
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1861-1865
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gptkbp:affiliation
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gptkb:Union
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gptkbp:associated_with
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gptkb:Abraham_Lincoln
gptkb:Robert_E._Lee
gptkb:Ulysses_S._Grant
gptkb:Lincoln_administration
gptkb:Colonel_William_Tecumseh_Sherman
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gptkbp:branch
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gptkb:Union_Army
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gptkbp:campaigns
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gptkb:Gettysburg_Campaign
gptkb:Petersburg_Campaign
gptkb:Maryland_Campaign
gptkb:Eastern_Theater_of_the_American_Civil_War
gptkb:Appomattox_Campaign
gptkb:Overland_Campaign
Virginia Campaigns
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gptkbp:commanded
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gptkb:Joseph_Hooker
gptkb:George_Meade
gptkb:Ambrose_Burnside
gptkb:George_Mc_Clellan
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gptkbp:communication
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gptkb:Signal
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gptkbp:country
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gptkb:United_States
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gptkbp:cultural_impact
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Portrayed in literature and film
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gptkbp:disbanded
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1865
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gptkbp:dissolved
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1865
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gptkbp:engaged_in
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gptkb:Battle_of_Antietam
gptkb:Battle_of_Chancellorsville
gptkb:Battle_of_Fredericksburg
gptkb:American_Civil_War
gptkb:Battle_of_Gettysburg
gptkb:Battle_of_the_Wilderness
gptkb:Siege_of_Petersburg
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gptkbp:engagement
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gptkb:Surrender_at_Appomattox_Court_House
gptkb:Appomattox_Campaign
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gptkbp:engagements
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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:established
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1861
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gptkbp:established_in
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1861
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gptkbp:financial_support
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gptkb:United_States_Army_Medical_Corps
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gptkbp:formed
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1861
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gptkbp:fought_against
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gptkb:Union_Army
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gptkbp:headquarters
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gptkb:Washington,_D._C.
gptkb:Army_of_the_Potomac_Headquarters
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gptkbp:historical_figures
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gptkb:Abraham_Lincoln
gptkb:Robert_E._Lee
gptkb:Ulysses_S._Grant
gptkb:Stonewall_Jackson
gptkb:Colonel_William_Tecumseh_Sherman
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gptkbp:historical_records
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gptkb:Civil_War_Trust
gptkb:Public_Library
gptkb:Archives
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gptkbp:historical_significance
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gptkb:Major_Union_army
primary Union army in the Eastern Theater
Major Union army in the Civil War
largest Union army during the Civil War
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https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label
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Army of the Potomac
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gptkbp:intelligence
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gptkb:Army_Intelligence_Department
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gptkbp:is_active_in
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gptkb:American_Civil_War
1861
1865
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gptkbp:is_organized_by
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divisions
corps
regiments
brigades
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gptkbp:legacy
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cultural references
historical studies
memorials and monuments
Influenced modern military strategy
symbol of Union resolve
Influenced modern U. S. military organization
influenced future U. S. military organization
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gptkbp:logistics
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gptkb:Quartermaster_Corps
gptkb:health_services
gptkb:transportation
gptkb:communication
supply lines
engineering units
supplied by the Union
Supply lines from the North
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gptkbp:memorials
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Various monuments and memorials in the U. S.
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gptkbp:military_rank
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gptkb:artillery
gptkb:Cavalry
gptkb:infantry
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gptkbp:motto
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nan
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gptkbp:nickname
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The Army of the Potomac
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gptkbp:notable_battle
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gptkb:Battle_of_the_Crater
gptkb:Battle_of_Antietam
gptkb:Battle_of_Chancellorsville
gptkb:Battle_of_Cold_Harbor
gptkb:Battle_of_Fredericksburg
gptkb:Battle_of_Spotsylvania_Court_House
gptkb:Battle_of_Five_Forks
gptkb:Battle_of_Gettysburg
gptkb:Battle_of_the_Wilderness
gptkb:Battle_of_Malvern_Hill
gptkb:Siege_of_Petersburg
gptkb:Battle_of_Second_Bull_Run
gptkb:Second_Battle_of_Bull_Run
gptkb:Battle_of_Bristoe_Station
gptkb:Battle_of_Mine_Run
gptkb:Battle_of_Appomattox_Court_House
gptkb:Peninsula_Campaign
gptkb:Battle_of_Sailor's_Creek
gptkb:Overland_Campaign
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gptkbp:notable_commanders
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gptkb:Joseph_Hooker
gptkb:George_Meade
gptkb:George_Mc_Clellan
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gptkbp:notable_event
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gptkb:Gettysburg_Address
gptkb:Battle_of_the_Wilderness
gptkb:Sherman's_March
gptkb:Emancipation_Proclamation
gptkb:March_to_the_Sea
gptkb:Overland_Campaign
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gptkbp:notable_leader
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gptkb:Philip_Sheridan
gptkb:William_B._Franklin_Jr.
gptkb:Joseph_Hooker
gptkb:George_Sykes
gptkb:George_G._Meade
gptkb:William_T._Sherman
gptkb:Daniel_E._Sickles
gptkb:James_B._Mc_Pherson
gptkb:Ulysses_S._Grant
gptkb:Winfield_Scott_Hancock
gptkb:George_H._Thomas
gptkb:John_G._Parke
gptkb:Daniel_Sickles
gptkb:Henry_W._Halleck
gptkb:Ambrose_Burnside
gptkb:John_Sedgwick
gptkb:John_A._Logan
gptkb:John_F._Reynolds
gptkb:George_Mc_Clellan
gptkb:Oliver_Otis_Howard
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gptkbp:notable_members
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gptkb:Philip_Sheridan
gptkb:William_B._Franklin_Jr.
gptkb:Joseph_Hooker
gptkb:Gouverneur_K._Warren
gptkb:Winfield_Scott_Hancock
gptkb:George_Meade
gptkb:Henry_W._Halleck
gptkb:Ambrose_Burnside
gptkb:John_F._Reynolds
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gptkbp:operational_area
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gptkb:Eastern_Theater_of_the_American_Civil_War
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gptkbp:part_of
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gptkb:Union_Army
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gptkbp:predecessor
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gptkb:Army_of_Northeastern_Virginia
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gptkbp:primary_role
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gptkb:infantry
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gptkbp:reformed
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1863
Army of the Potomac and the Army of Northern Virginia
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gptkbp:role
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primary army of the Union in the Eastern Theater
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gptkbp:size
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over 100,000 troops
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gptkbp:strategic_goals
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Defend Washington, D. C.
Engage Confederate forces
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gptkbp:strategic_importance
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defense of Washington, D. C.
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gptkbp:succeeded_by
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Army of the Potomac (reorganized)
Army of the Potomac (1865)
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gptkbp:successor
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Army of the Potomac (reorganized)
Army of the Potomac (1865)
Army of the Potomac and the Army of Northern Virginia
Army of the Potomac's successor
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gptkbp:symbol
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gptkb:Union_Flag
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gptkbp:tactics
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Conventional warfare
offensive and defensive operations
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gptkbp:transportation
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Railroad and river transport
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gptkbp:uniform
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Union blue
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gptkbp:bfsParent
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gptkb:Ulysses_S._Grant
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gptkbp:bfsLayer
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3
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