Confederate Army of the East

GPTKB entity

Statements (53)
Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf military unit
gptkbp:activeDuring gptkb:American_Civil_War
gptkbp:built gptkb:Battle_of_Gettysburg
gptkb:Battle_of_the_Wilderness
gptkb:Siege_of_Petersburg
Battle of Chancellorsville
Battle of Fredericksburg
gptkbp:commanded gptkb:General_Robert_E._Lee
gptkbp:composedOf cavalry units
infantry units
artillery units
gptkbp:disbanded 1865
gptkbp:engagesIn gptkb:Battle_of_Gettysburg
gptkb:Battle_of_the_Wilderness
gptkb:Siege_of_Petersburg
Battle of Antietam
Battle of Chancellorsville
Battle of Fredericksburg
gptkbp:faced Union blockades
lack of resources
Union reinforcements
desertion rates
gptkbp:foughtAgainst gptkb:Union_Army
gptkbp:foughtIn gptkb:Eastern_Theater_of_the_American_Civil_War
gptkbp:hasAccessTo over 100,000 troops
gptkbp:hasCitations gptkb:Confederate_government
gptkbp:hasFigures gptkb:Gideon_Pillow
gptkb:Joseph_E._Johnston
gptkb:James_Longstreet
gptkb:John_B._Hood
gptkb:Stonewall_Jackson
gptkb:A.P._Hill
gptkb:J.E.B._Stuart
gptkb:George_Pickett
gptkb:Braxton_Bragg
Richard Ewell
gptkbp:hasNotableSong victories in early battles
gptkbp:hasPoliticalParty gptkb:Confederate_leadership
gptkbp:hasProductLine Southern_railroads
gptkbp:hasWildlife gptkb:Confederate_medical_corps
gptkbp:headquarteredIn gptkb:Richmond,_Virginia
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label Confederate Army of the East
gptkbp:knownFor Tactics of maneuver warfare
gptkbp:notableBattle gptkb:Battle_of_Second_Manassas
Battle of Appomattox Court House
Battle of Cold Harbor
Battle of Spotsylvania Court House
gptkbp:partOf gptkb:Confederate_States_of_America
gptkbp:reform gptkb:Army_of_Northern_Virginia
gptkbp:strategicGoals Capture_Washington,_D.C.
Defend_Confederate_territory
gptkbp:supportedBy gptkb:Confederate_cavalry
gptkbp:utilizes railroads for logistics