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gptkbp:instance_of
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gptkb:battle
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gptkbp:bfsLayer
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5
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gptkbp:bfsParent
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gptkb:35th_Ohio_Cavalry_Regiment
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gptkbp:activities
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Detailed accounts of the battle
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gptkbp:aftermath
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Fall of Selma
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gptkbp:casualties
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Union casualties approximately 300
Confederate casualties approximately 3,000
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gptkbp:combatant
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gptkb:military_officer
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gptkbp:commander
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gptkb:General_Nathan_Bedford_Forrest
Major General James H. Wilson
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gptkbp:date
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April 1865
April 2, 1865
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gptkbp:defense
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Selma fortifications
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gptkbp:followed_by
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gptkb:Battle_of_Mobile_Bay
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gptkbp:historical_context
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Part of Wilson's Raid
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gptkbp:historical_figure
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gptkb:Philip_Sheridan
gptkb:Abraham_Lincoln
gptkb:Robert_E._Lee
gptkb:Ulysses_S._Grant
gptkb:John_Bell_Hood
gptkb:Joseph_E._Johnston
gptkb:George_H._Thomas
gptkb:James_Longstreet
gptkb:Jefferson_Davis
gptkb:Colonel_William_Tecumseh_Sherman
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gptkbp:historical_significance
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Contributed to the end of the Civil War
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gptkbp:historical_source
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Military records
Official reports
Newspaper articles
Eyewitness accounts
Post-war analyses
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https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label
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Battle of the Siege of Selma
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gptkbp:impact
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Accelerated Confederate surrender
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gptkbp:legacy
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Symbol of Union strength
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gptkbp:location
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gptkb:Selma,_Alabama
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gptkbp:military_strategy
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Cavalry charges
Artillery bombardment
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gptkbp:outcome
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Destruction of Confederate defenses
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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_Montgomery
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gptkbp:related_event
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gptkb:Battle_of_Fort_Blakely
gptkb:Battle_of_Selma
gptkb:Battle_of_Mobile
gptkb:Battle_of_Spanish_Fort
Fall of Montgomery
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gptkbp:result
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gptkb:Union_victory
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gptkbp:significance
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Destruction of Confederate supply lines
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gptkbp:strategic_importance
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Control of Alabama
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gptkbp:type
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gptkb:military_siege
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