Statements (55)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| gptkbp:instance_of |
gptkb:battle
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| gptkbp:activities |
Filed by Confederate commanders
Filed by Union commanders |
| gptkbp:aftermath |
Strengthened Union control in the region
|
| gptkbp:casualties |
Union casualties: 100
Confederate casualties: 200 |
| gptkbp:combatants |
gptkb:military_officer
gptkb:political_organization |
| gptkbp:commander |
gptkb:General_Ulysses_S._Grant
gptkb:Colonel_John_B._Turchin gptkb:General_William_Tecumseh_Sherman gptkb:General_John_A._Mc_Clernand |
| gptkbp:community_engagement |
Civil War reenactments
Local tourism initiatives |
| gptkbp:conservation_efforts |
Local government involvement
Efforts to maintain battle sites |
| gptkbp:cultural_impact |
Influenced local folklore
Inspired local reenactments |
| gptkbp:date |
December 7, 1862
|
| gptkbp:duration |
One day
|
| gptkbp:education |
Taught in American history classes
Studied in military strategy courses |
| gptkbp:fought_in |
Union forces and Confederate forces
|
| gptkbp:historical_context |
Part of the larger conflict of the Civil War
|
| gptkbp:historical_documentation |
Civil War history books
Military history journals |
| gptkbp:historical_figure |
Documented in Civil War archives
|
| gptkbp:historical_significance |
Demonstrated the importance of railroads
|
| https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label |
Battle of Alton
|
| gptkbp:impact |
Displacement of local populations
|
| gptkbp:is_celebrated_in |
Local historical societies
|
| gptkbp:landmark |
Memorials erected in Alton
|
| gptkbp:legacy |
Influenced future military engagements in the area
|
| gptkbp:location |
gptkb:Alton,_Illinois
|
| gptkbp:military_strategy |
Defensive positions taken by Union
Offensive tactics by Confederates |
| gptkbp:narrative_style |
Varied perspectives on the battle
Accounts from soldiers involved Local residents' stories Scholarly analyses of the battle |
| gptkbp:notable_battle |
gptkb:Battle_of_Shiloh
gptkb:Battle_of_Vicksburg |
| gptkbp:outcome |
Union forces maintained control
|
| gptkbp:part_of |
gptkb:American_Civil_War
|
| gptkbp:participants |
Soldiers from Illinois
Soldiers from Missouri |
| gptkbp:result |
gptkb:Union_victory
|
| gptkbp:significance |
Strategic location on the Mississippi River
|
| gptkbp:strategic_importance |
Supply lines to the Union Army
Union dominance in the Midwest |
| gptkbp:tactics |
Flanking maneuvers
|
| gptkbp:weather_conditions |
Cold and snowy
|
| gptkbp:bfsParent |
gptkb:King_Charles_I
gptkb:Robert_Curthose |
| gptkbp:bfsLayer |
4
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