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gptkbp:instance_of
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gptkb:battle
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gptkbp:aftermath
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Union blockade of Southern ports
Union control of the Cape Fear River
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gptkbp:casualties
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Union: 1,000
Confederate: 1,500
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gptkbp:combatant
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gptkb:Confederate_States
gptkb:United_States
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gptkbp:commander
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gptkb:General_Braxton_Bragg
gptkb:General_Alfred_H._Terry
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gptkbp:date
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February 1865
February 11, 1865
February 11-22, 1865
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gptkbp:followed_by
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End of the Civil War
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gptkbp:historical_context
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Fall of the Confederacy
Confederate supply lines
Part of the campaign to capture Confederate ports
Union strategy to cut off supplies
Civil War naval blockade
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gptkbp:historical_event
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Accelerated the end of the Civil War
Led to the fall of Richmond
Final stages of the Civil War
Union dominance in the South
Signaled the decline of Confederate resistance
Union forces gained control of the South's last major port.
Contributed to the surrender of General Lee
End of blockade running operations
Union naval supremacy established
Increased pressure on remaining Confederate strongholds
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gptkbp:historical_figure
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gptkb:General_William_T._Sherman
gptkb:General_John_C._Pemberton
gptkb:General_John_M._Schofield
gptkb:General_Robert_F._Hoke
gptkb:Colonel_William_Lamb
gptkb:General_P._G._T._Beauregard
gptkb:General_Robert_E._Lee
gptkb:General_Richard_H._Anderson
gptkb:General_Braxton_Bragg
gptkb:General_Joseph_E._Johnston
gptkb:Admiral_David_Porter
gptkb:General_William_H._C._Whiting
gptkb:General_Edward_A._Wild
gptkb:General_John_A._Logan
gptkb:General_William_B._Franklin
gptkb:General_Alfred_H._Terry
gptkb:General_John_B._Hood
gptkb:General_Samuel_Jones
gptkb:General_John_G._Foster
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gptkbp:historical_significance
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Strategic location for shipping
Access to the Atlantic Ocean
Last major Confederate port on the Atlantic coast
Cape Fear River access
Proximity to major railroads
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https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label
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Battle of Wilmington
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gptkbp:impact
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Accelerated the end of the Civil War
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gptkbp:involved
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Naval bombardment
Land assault
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gptkbp:location
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gptkb:Wilmington,_North_Carolina
gptkb:Cape_Fear_River
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gptkbp:military_strategy
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Blockade running
Defensive fortifications
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gptkbp:military_unit
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gptkb:Union_Army
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gptkbp:notable_battle
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gptkb:Battle_of_Fort_Fisher_(Second)
gptkb:Battle_of_Fort_Anderson
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gptkbp:notable_mission
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Impact on Confederate morale
Disruption of Confederate logistics
Facilitated Union advances into the South
Union control of southeastern North Carolina
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gptkbp:outcome
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gptkb:Capture_of_Wilmington
Seizure of Wilmington by Union forces
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gptkbp:part_of
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gptkb:American_Civil_War
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gptkbp:preceded_by
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gptkb:Battle_of_Fort_Fisher
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gptkbp:related_to
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gptkb:Wilmington_Campaign
gptkb:Battle_of_Fort_Fisher
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gptkbp:result
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gptkb:Union_victory
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gptkbp:resulted_in
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Evacuation of Confederate forces
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gptkbp:significance
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Control of Wilmington's port
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gptkbp:strategic_importance
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Supply line to Confederate forces
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gptkbp:strategy
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Blockade running
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gptkbp:tactics
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gptkb:Siege_warfare
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gptkbp:tactics_used
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Naval bombardment
Land assault
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gptkbp:bfsParent
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gptkb:Union_Army
gptkb:Winfield_Scott_Hancock
gptkb:Battle_of_Fort_Fisher
gptkb:Colonel_William_Tecumseh_Sherman
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gptkbp:bfsLayer
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4
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