Burning of Hampton (Civil War)
GPTKB entity
Statements (13)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| gptkbp:instanceOf |
gptkb:historical_event
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| gptkbp:commander |
gptkb:John_B._Magruder
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| gptkbp:date |
August 7, 1861
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| https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label |
Burning of Hampton (Civil War)
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| gptkbp:location |
Hampton, Virginia
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| gptkbp:opposedBy |
gptkb:Union_forces
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| gptkbp:partOf |
gptkb:American_Civil_War
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| gptkbp:perpetrator |
Confederate forces
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| gptkbp:purpose |
to deny Union forces use of the town
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| gptkbp:result |
Destruction of most of Hampton, Virginia
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| gptkbp:significance |
One of the earliest acts of scorched earth policy in the Civil War
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| gptkbp:bfsParent |
gptkb:Hampton,_Virginia,_United_States
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| gptkbp:bfsLayer |
6
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