Battle of the Spotsylvania Court House
GPTKB entity
Statements (47)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| gptkbp:instance_of |
gptkb:battle
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| gptkbp:after_action_report |
gptkb:Union_Army
|
| gptkbp:aftermath |
led to continued Union advances
|
| gptkbp:casualties |
over 30,000
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| gptkbp:combatants |
gptkb:Union_Army
gptkb:Union |
| gptkbp:commander |
gptkb:General_Robert_E._Lee
gptkb:General_Ulysses_S._Grant |
| gptkbp:commemorated_by |
reenactments
various historical markers |
| gptkbp:date |
May 8, 1864
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| gptkbp:duration |
12 days
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| gptkbp:followed_by |
gptkb:Battle_of_North_Anna
|
| gptkbp:fought_against |
May 8, 1864 and May 21, 1864
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| gptkbp:historical_context |
part of the larger conflict of the American Civil War
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| gptkbp:historical_debate |
debates over leadership decisions
debates over casualty rates debates over military strategy debates over the effectiveness of trench warfare debates over the impact on civilian populations |
| gptkbp:historical_significance |
demonstrated the brutality of the war
|
| https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label |
Battle of the Spotsylvania Court House
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| gptkbp:legacy |
influenced future military strategies
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| gptkbp:location |
gptkb:Spotsylvania_County,_Virginia
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| gptkbp:notable_battle |
gptkb:Battle_of_Cold_Harbor
gptkb:Siege_of_Petersburg |
| gptkbp:notable_event |
gptkb:the_Mule_Shoe_Salient
the Bloody Angle |
| gptkbp:part_of |
gptkb:American_Civil_War
|
| gptkbp:post_war_career |
contributed to the eventual Union victory
influenced public opinion in the North shifted momentum towards the Union highlighted the challenges of leadership increased public awareness of the war's toll |
| gptkbp:preceded_by |
gptkb:Battle_of_the_Wilderness
|
| gptkbp:primary_source |
historical analyses
diaries of participants letters from soldiers newspaper articles from the time official military reports |
| gptkbp:result |
gptkb:Union_victory
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| gptkbp:significance |
one of the longest and bloodiest battles of the Civil War
|
| gptkbp:strategic_importance |
part of the Overland Campaign
|
| gptkbp:tactics_used |
trench warfare
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| gptkbp:bfsParent |
gptkb:the_Battle_of_the_Wilderness
gptkb:Battle_of_the_Wilderness |
| gptkbp:bfsLayer |
4
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