Battle of Appomattox Court House

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Predicate Object
gptkbp:instance_of gptkb:battle
gptkb:military_engagement
gptkbp:aftermath Lee's surrender led to the collapse of the Confederacy
Lee's surrender led to the disbandment of the Army of Northern Virginia
Lee's surrender led to the disbandment of the Confederate Army
gptkbp:associated_with gptkb:military_leadership
gptkb:American_history
gptkb:Appomattox_Court_House
gptkb:Grant's_Campaign
gptkb:military_history
gptkb:military_strategy
gptkb:historical_preservation
historical education
Civil War battles
historical tourism
Civil War reenactments
American Civil War history
historical reconciliation
surrender terms
Civil War legacy
national memory
Lee's Retreat
gptkbp:casualties approximately 700
Union: 164
Confederate: 500
Confederate casualties approximately 500
Union casualties approximately 164
gptkbp:combatants gptkb:Union_Army
gptkbp:commander gptkb:Robert_E._Lee
gptkb:Ulysses_S._Grant
gptkbp:commemorated_by gptkb:Appomattox_Court_House_National_Historical_Park
gptkbp:commemoration observed in historical reenactments
gptkbp:cultural_impact influenced American views on war and peace
gptkbp:current_status preserved as a national historical park
gptkbp:date April 9, 1865
gptkbp:date_significance April 9, 1865, is considered the end of the Civil War
gptkbp:defeated terms of surrender were generous
Confederate soldiers allowed to return home
Lee's army allowed to keep their horses
officers allowed to keep their sidearms
gptkbp:depicted_in historical films
literature about the Civil War
gptkbp:event_type gptkb:military_engagement
surrender
gptkbp:followed_by gptkb:Surrender_at_Appomattox_Court_House
gptkbp:fought_against April 9, 1865
gptkbp:historical_context final campaign of the Army of Northern Virginia
final engagement of the Army of Northern Virginia
gptkbp:historical_documentation letters and diaries of participants
photographs taken during the event
maps of the battle area
documented in the Official Records of the War of the Rebellion
accounts from historians and scholars
annual events to remember the battle
commemorative plaques and markers
documentaries produced about the Civil War
educational programs at the national park
monuments erected in honor of the event
preserved artifacts from the battle
scholarly articles analyzing the battle's impact
gptkbp:historical_event final engagement of the Army of Northern Virginia
gptkbp:historical_figure gptkb:Philip_Sheridan
gptkb:William_B._Franklin_Jr.
gptkb:Joseph_Hooker
gptkb:George_C._Meade
gptkb:William_Mahone
gptkb:William_T._Sherman
gptkb:J._E._B._Stuart
gptkb:Wade_Hampton
gptkb:Edward_O._C._Ord
gptkb:James_B._Mc_Pherson
gptkb:Richard_Ewell
gptkb:Robert_E._Lee
gptkb:Ulysses_S._Grant
gptkb:John_B._Gordon
gptkb:Philip_Kearny
gptkb:Joseph_E._Johnston
gptkb:Winfield_Scott_Hancock
gptkb:Albert_Sidney_Johnston
gptkb:George_H._Thomas
gptkb:James_Longstreet
gptkb:George_A._Custer
gptkb:George_Custer
gptkb:James_Ewell_Brown_Stuart
gptkb:John_G._Parke
gptkb:George_Meade
gptkb:Henry_W._Halleck
gptkb:John_B._Hood
gptkb:John_S._Mosby
gptkb:Stonewall_Jackson
gptkb:Robert_H._Anderson
gptkb:Daniel_Harvey_Hill_Jr.
gptkb:George_Pickett
gptkb:Leonidas_Polk
gptkb:Ambrose_Burnside
gptkb:Braxton_Bragg
gptkb:Clement_A._Evans
gptkb:John_Sedgwick
gptkb:John_A._Logan
gptkb:Joshua_L._Chamberlain
gptkb:George_Mc_Clellan
gptkb:Ambrose_Powell_Hill
gptkb:Joshua_Lawrence_Chamberlain
gptkb:Richard_H._Anderson
gptkb:Philip_H._Sheridan
gptkb:Colonel_William_Tecumseh_Sherman
gptkb:John_C._Pemberton
gptkbp:historical_impact paved the way for Reconstruction
gptkbp:historical_significance marked the end of the Civil War in Virginia
signaled the collapse of the Confederacy
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label Battle of Appomattox Court House
gptkbp:influenced public perception of the Civil War
subsequent military surrenders
historical narratives of the Civil War
gptkbp:influenced_by gptkb:Union's_Overland_Campaign
Sheridan's cavalry operations
gptkbp:involved terms of surrender
negotiations for surrender
Grant's generosity in terms of surrender
Lee's acceptance of defeat
Union soldiers' respect for Confederate soldiers
gptkbp:legacy symbol of reconciliation
gptkbp:location gptkb:Appomattox_County,_Virginia
gptkb:Appomattox_Court_House,_Virginia
gptkbp:location_type gptkb:historical_site
gptkbp:media_appearances depicted in various films and literature
gptkbp:notable_event surrender of Lee to Grant
gptkbp:notable_figures gptkb:Robert_E._Lee
gptkb:Ulysses_S._Grant
gptkbp:outcome end of major hostilities in the Civil War
gptkbp:part_of gptkb:American_Civil_War
gptkbp:preceded_by gptkb:Battle_of_Five_Forks
gptkbp:preservation_efforts protected as a national historical park
gptkbp:result gptkb:Union_victory
gptkbp:significance led to the surrender of Confederate General Robert E. Lee
symbol of the end of the Confederacy
gptkbp:strategic_importance marked the end of the Civil War in Virginia
marked the end of the Civil War
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:Ulysses_S._Grant
gptkb:Virginia
gptkbp:bfsLayer 3