Battle of the York River

GPTKB entity

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Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf battle
gptkbp:aftermath Union_forces_strengthened_their_position_in_Virginia
gptkbp:casualties Union casualties approximately 1,000
Confederate_casualties_approximately_800
gptkbp:celebrates historical markers
reenactments
gptkbp:climate rainy and muddy
gptkbp:combatants gptkb:Confederacy
Union
gptkbp:commander gptkb:General_Robert_E._Lee
gptkb:General_Joseph_Hooker
gptkbp:culturalImpact inspired literature
depicted in films
gptkbp:date May 4, 1863
gptkbp:followedBy gptkb:Battle_of_Gettysburg
gptkbp:geographicalFeature gptkb:York_River
gptkb:Virginia_Peninsula
gptkbp:historicalContext part_of_the_Eastern_Theater_of_the_American_Civil_War
gptkbp:historicalPeriod impact on the war's outcome
varied perspectives on victory
effectiveness of leadership
analysis of tactics used
gptkbp:historicalSignificance demonstrated_Union_naval_superiority
highlighted_Confederate_vulnerabilities
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label Battle of the York River
gptkbp:legacy influenced future military tactics
gptkbp:location gptkb:York_River,_Virginia
gptkbp:mediaCoverage reported by war correspondents
gptkbp:militaryRank gptkb:Army_of_Northern_Virginia
gptkb:Army_of_the_Potomac
defensive positions
offensive operations
Union forces approximately 50,000
Confederate_forces_approximately_30,000
gptkbp:notableFigures gptkb:General_Ulysses_S._Grant
gptkb:General_George_Meade
gptkbp:outcome disruption_of_Confederate_supply_lines
gptkbp:partOf gptkb:American_Civil_War
gptkbp:precededBy Battle of Chancellorsville
gptkbp:primaryMission documentaries
historical analyses
letters from soldiers
official military reports
gptkbp:relatedEvent gptkb:Battle_of_the_Wilderness
Siege of Yorktown
gptkbp:result Union victory
gptkbp:significance part of the larger Siege of Yorktown
gptkbp:strategicGoals disrupt enemy operations
capture key transportation routes
control_of_the_York_River
gptkbp:tactics flanking maneuvers