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gptkbp:instance_of
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gptkb:battle
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gptkbp:aftermath
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Union forces advance towards Richmond
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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:military_officer
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gptkbp:commander
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gptkb:General_Robert_E._Lee
gptkb:General_Edward_O._C._Ord
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gptkbp:date
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April 2, 1865
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gptkbp:followed_by
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gptkb:Fall_of_Petersburg
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gptkbp:historical_context
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Part of the Siege of Petersburg
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gptkbp:historical_impact
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Accelerated Confederate surrender
Led to the capture of Richmond
Signaled the decline of the Confederacy
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gptkbp:historical_significance
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Contributed to the end of the Civil War
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https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label
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Battle of the South Side Railroad
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gptkbp:is_celebrated_in
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Civil War reenactments
Books and documentaries
Online resources and databases
Museums dedicated to Civil War history
Historical markers in Virginia
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gptkbp:location
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gptkb:Petersburg,_Virginia
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gptkbp:military_strategy
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gptkb:military_siege
Total war
Attrition warfare
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gptkbp:notable_battle
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gptkb:Battle_of_Five_Forks
gptkb:Battle_of_Appomattox_Court_House
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gptkbp:outcome
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Union forces cut off Confederate supply lines
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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_Gregg
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gptkbp:primary_source
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gptkb:Official_Records_of_the_War_of_the_Rebellion
Military reports
Personal diaries of soldiers
Historical accounts by historians
Newspaper articles from 1865
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gptkbp:result
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gptkb:Union_victory
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gptkbp:significance
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Final assault on Petersburg
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gptkbp:strategic_importance
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Control of railroads
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gptkbp:tactics
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Flanking maneuvers
Artillery bombardment
Infantry assault
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gptkbp:bfsParent
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gptkb:Petersburg_National_Battlefield_Park
gptkb:Brigadier_General_Henry_W._Slocum
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gptkbp:bfsLayer
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5
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