Burning of the Columbia-Wrightsville Bridge (Civil War)
GPTKB entity
Statements (20)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| gptkbp:instanceOf |
gptkb:historical_event
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| gptkbp:commanded |
gptkb:Colonel_Jacob_G._Frick
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| gptkbp:consequence |
Confederate advance halted at the Susquehanna River
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| https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label |
Burning of the Columbia-Wrightsville Bridge (Civil War)
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| gptkbp:involves |
gptkb:Pennsylvania_militia
gptkb:Confederate_forces_under_John_B._Gordon |
| gptkbp:location |
gptkb:Pennsylvania
gptkb:Susquehanna_River gptkb:Columbia-Wrightsville_Bridge |
| gptkbp:occurredIn |
gptkb:American_Civil_War
June 28, 1863 |
| gptkbp:opposedBy |
gptkb:Confederate_Army
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| gptkbp:perpetrator |
gptkb:Union_militia
|
| gptkbp:purpose |
to prevent Confederate forces from crossing the Susquehanna River
|
| gptkbp:relatedTo |
gptkb:Battle_of_Gettysburg
gptkb:Gettysburg_Campaign |
| gptkbp:resultedIn |
destruction of the bridge
|
| gptkbp:significance |
prevented Confederate access to eastern Pennsylvania
|
| gptkbp:bfsParent |
gptkb:Columbia,_Pennsylvania,_United_States
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| gptkbp:bfsLayer |
7
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