Burning of the Wrightsville Bridge during the Civil War
GPTKB entity
Statements (15)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| gptkbp:instanceOf |
gptkb:historical_event
|
| gptkbp:involvedIn |
gptkb:Union_forces
Confederate forces |
| gptkbp:involvedStructure |
gptkb:Columbia-Wrightsville_Bridge
|
| gptkbp:occurredIn |
gptkb:Wrightsville,_Pennsylvania
June 28, 1863 |
| gptkbp:opposedBy |
gptkb:Confederate_forces_under_John_B._Gordon
|
| gptkbp:order |
gptkb:Union_militia
|
| gptkbp:partOf |
gptkb:Gettysburg_Campaign
|
| gptkbp:purpose |
to prevent Confederate crossing of the Susquehanna River
|
| gptkbp:resultedIn |
destruction of the bridge
|
| gptkbp:significance |
prevented Confederate advance into Lancaster County
|
| gptkbp:bfsParent |
gptkb:Wrightsville,_Pennsylvania,_United_States
|
| gptkbp:bfsLayer |
6
|
| https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label |
Burning of the Wrightsville Bridge during the Civil War
|