Battle of Harpers Ferry

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Predicate Object
gptkbp:instance_of gptkb:battle
gptkbp:bfsLayer 3
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:J._E._B._Stuart
gptkb:West_Virginia
gptkbp:aftermath Union forces surrendered
gptkbp:casualties Confederate: 1,500
Union: 12,419
gptkbp:combatant gptkb:military_officer
gptkb:Confederate_States_Army
gptkbp:commander gptkb:General_Thomas_J._Jackson
gptkb:Colonel_Dixon_S._Miles
gptkbp:date September 12-15, 1862
gptkbp:defense_mechanism gptkb:Maryland_Heights
gptkb:Camp_Hill
Bolivar Heights
gptkbp:followed_by gptkb:Battle_of_Antietam
gptkbp:historical_context Part of Lee's Maryland Campaign
gptkbp:historical_figure gptkb:Abraham_Lincoln
gptkb:Robert_E._Lee
gptkb:Ulysses_S._Grant
gptkb:George_Mc_Clellan
gptkb:Colonel_William_Tecumseh_Sherman
gptkbp:historical_significance Influence on subsequent battles
Impact on Union morale
Boost to Confederate morale
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label Battle of Harpers Ferry
gptkbp:legacy Civil War reenactments
Historical interpretations
Memorials and historical sites
gptkbp:location gptkb:Harpers_Ferry,_West_Virginia
gptkbp:military_strategy gptkb:military_siege
Flanking maneuvers
gptkbp:notable_event gptkb:Capture_of_Harpers_Ferry
Surrender of Union garrison
gptkbp:part_of gptkb:American_Civil_War
gptkbp:preceded_by gptkb:Battle_of_South_Mountain
gptkbp:primary_source gptkb:Official_Records_of_the_War_of_the_Rebellion
Newspaper articles from 1862
Personal accounts of soldiers
gptkbp:related_event gptkb:Battle_of_Chancellorsville
gptkb:Battle_of_Cold_Harbor
gptkb:Battle_of_Fredericksburg
gptkb:Battle_of_Spotsylvania_Court_House
gptkb:Battle_of_Gettysburg
gptkb:Battle_of_Petersburg
gptkb:Battle_of_the_Wilderness
gptkb:Battle_of_Appomattox_Court_House
gptkb:John_Brown's_raid
gptkbp:result Confederate victory
gptkbp:significance Strategic Confederate victory
gptkbp:strategic_importance Control of the Shenandoah Valley