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gptkbp:instanceOf
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battle
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gptkbp:aftermath
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led to the end of the Confederacy
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gptkbp:casualties
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approximately 700 total
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gptkbp:celebrates
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gptkb:Appomattox_Court_House_National_Historical_Park
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gptkbp:combatants
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gptkb:Confederate_Army
gptkb:Union_Army
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gptkbp:commander
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gptkb:Robert_E._Lee
gptkb:Ulysses_S._Grant
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gptkbp:culturalImpact
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inspired literature and films
commemorated in songs and poems
subject of historical reenactments
symbol of the end of conflict
influenced_American_memory_of_the_Civil_War
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gptkbp:date
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April 9, 1865
April 1865
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gptkbp:followedBy
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gptkb:surrender_at_Appomattox_Court_House
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gptkbp:foughtIn
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April 1-9, 1865
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gptkbp:historicalContext
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gptkb:final_campaign_of_the_Army_of_Northern_Virginia
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gptkbp:historicalFigures
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gptkb:Philip_Sheridan
gptkb:Robert_E._Lee
gptkb:Ulysses_S._Grant
gptkb:George_Meade
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gptkbp:historicalImpact
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paved_the_way_for_Reconstruction
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gptkbp:historicalSignificance
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gptkb:Appomattox_Court_House_surrender_document
symbol of reconciliation
terms of surrender
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https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label
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Battle of Appomattox
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gptkbp:influencedBy
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gptkb:Sheridan's_cavalry_operations
gptkb:Union's_Overland_Campaign
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gptkbp:involved
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infantry and cavalry units
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gptkbp:knownFor
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gptkb:Lee's_surrender
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gptkbp:location
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gptkb:Virginia
gptkb:Appomattox_Court_House,_Virginia
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gptkbp:militaryRank
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pursuit of retreating forces
decisive Union victory
encirclement_of_Lee's_army
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gptkbp:outcome
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surrender_of_Lee's_army
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gptkbp:partOf
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gptkb:American_Civil_War
gptkb:Appomattox_Campaign
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gptkbp:precededBy
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Battle of Five Forks
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gptkbp:result
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Union victory
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gptkbp:resultedIn
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disbandment_of_Confederate_forces
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gptkbp:significance
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led_to_the_surrender_of_Confederate_General_Robert_E._Lee
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gptkbp:significantEvent
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surrender ceremony
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gptkbp:strategicGoals
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marked the end of the Civil War
cut_off_Lee's_escape_routes
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gptkbp:tactics
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trench warfare
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