Battle of the Siege of Petersburg

GPTKB entity

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Predicate Object
gptkbp:instance_of gptkb:military_conflict
gptkbp:associated_with gptkb:military_siege
Civil War battles
gptkbp:casualties Approximately 70,000 total
gptkbp:combatant gptkb:military_officer
gptkb:Confederate_States_Army
gptkbp:commander gptkb:General_Robert_E._Lee
gptkb:General_Ulysses_S._Grant
gptkbp:date June 9, 1864
March 25, 1865
gptkbp:duration 9 months
gptkbp:followed_by gptkb:Fall_of_Richmond
gptkbp:geographical_feature gptkb:James_River
gptkb:Appomattox_River
gptkbp:historical_figure gptkb:General_Richard_Ewell
gptkb:General_William_T._Sherman
gptkb:General_John_F._Reynolds
gptkb:General_John_C._Pemberton
gptkb:General_John_M._Schofield
gptkb:General_Winfield_Scott_Hancock
gptkb:General_Jubal_Early
gptkb:General_Ambrose_Burnside
gptkb:General_George_H._Thomas
gptkb:General_John_B._Gordon
gptkb:General_Robert_E._Lee
gptkb:General_Richard_H._Anderson
gptkb:General_Fitzhugh_Lee
gptkb:General_John_C._Breckinridge
gptkb:General_William_S._Rosecrans
gptkb:General_Braxton_Bragg
gptkb:General_Edward_O._C._Ord
gptkb:General_Joseph_E._Johnston
gptkb:General_Joseph_Hooker
gptkb:General_Ulysses_S._Grant
gptkb:General_Philip_Sheridan
gptkb:General_William_H._C._Whiting
gptkb:General_A._P._Hill
gptkb:General_William_Mahone
gptkb:General_John_A._Logan
gptkb:General_Richard_S._Ewell
gptkb:General_William_B._Franklin
gptkb:General_George_Pickett
gptkb:General_George_Meade
gptkb:General_John_S._Mosby
gptkb:General_John_B._Hood
gptkb:General_John_A._Mc_Dowell
gptkb:General_John_G._Parke
gptkb:General_George_B._Mc_Clellan
gptkb:General_Henry_Heth
gptkb:General_John_G._Foster
gptkb:General_Philip_Kearny
gptkb:General_Joseph_B._Kershaw
gptkb:General_John_A._Mc_Clernand
gptkbp:historical_impact Contributed to the end of the Civil War.
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label Battle of the Siege of Petersburg
gptkbp:location gptkb:Petersburg,_Virginia
gptkbp:military_strategy Flanking maneuvers
Siege tactics
gptkbp:notable_event gptkb:Battle_of_the_Crater
gptkb:Battle_of_Five_Forks
gptkb:Second_Battle_of_Petersburg
gptkb:Battle_of_Fort_Stedman
gptkbp:part_of gptkb:American_Civil_War
gptkbp:preceded_by gptkb:Appomattox_Court_House
gptkbp:result gptkb:Union_victory
gptkbp:significance It was a prolonged military campaign.
gptkbp:strategic_importance Control of supply lines
gptkbp:tactics Trench warfare
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:Robert_E._Lee
gptkb:Ulysses_S._Grant
gptkb:George_H._Thomas
gptkb:Oliver_Otis_Howard
gptkbp:bfsLayer 3