Battle of Munfordville

GPTKB entity

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Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf battle
gptkbp:aftermath Union forces retreated
Confederate_forces_gained_control_of_the_area
gptkbp:casualties Union: approximately 4,000
Confederate:_approximately_1,000
gptkbp:celebrates Historical markers
Civil War reenactments
gptkbp:combatants Union
Confederate
gptkbp:commander Confederate:_Major_General_Simon_B._Buckner
Union:_Brigadier_General_Joshua_W._Sill
gptkbp:date September 14-16, 1862
gptkbp:engagements Siege
gptkbp:followedBy gptkb:Battle_of_Hartsville
gptkbp:geographicalFeature 37.2°N 85.9°W
gptkbp:historicalContext Part of the Kentucky Campaign
gptkbp:historicalSignificance gptkb:Official_Records_of_the_War_of_the_Rebellion
Influenced future military strategies
Impact on Union morale
Demonstrated the importance of railroads
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label Battle of Munfordville
gptkbp:isPortrayedBy Union report
Confederate_report
gptkbp:legacy Influenced local history
Part of Civil War heritage tourism
gptkbp:location gptkb:Munfordville,_Kentucky
gptkbp:militaryRank gptkb:Army_of_the_Ohio
gptkb:Confederate_Army_of_Central_Kentucky
gptkbp:notableBattle Battle of Fort Donelson
Battle of Shiloh
gptkbp:notableFigures gptkb:Brigadier_General_Joshua_W._Sill
gptkb:Major_General_Simon_B._Buckner
gptkbp:outcome Union surrender
gptkbp:partOf gptkb:American_Civil_War
gptkbp:precededBy gptkb:Battle_of_Perryville
gptkbp:primaryMission Newspaper articles
Eyewitness accounts
Military dispatches
gptkbp:relatedEvent gptkb:Confederate_invasion_of_Kentucky
Kentucky_Campaign
gptkbp:result Confederate_victory
gptkbp:significance Strategic_location_on_the_Green_River
gptkbp:strategicGoals Control of supply lines
gptkbp:tactics Flanking maneuvers
Entrenchment
gptkbp:yearEstablished 1862