Confederate surrender at Appomattox
GPTKB entity
Statements (52)
| Predicate | Object |
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| gptkbp:instance_of |
gptkb:historical_event
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| gptkbp:aftermath |
gptkb:Lee's_retreat_to_Appomattox
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| gptkbp:attendees |
Union and Confederate officers
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| gptkbp:context |
gptkb:American_Civil_War
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| gptkbp:date |
April 9, 1865
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| gptkbp:depicted_in |
historical novels
films about the Civil War documentaries about the Civil War |
| gptkbp:followed_by |
surrender of other Confederate forces
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| gptkbp:historical_context |
sign of reconciliation
symbol of the Confederacy's defeat |
| gptkbp:historical_impact |
led to Reconstruction era
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| gptkbp:historical_source |
Grant's Memoirs
Lee's letter of surrender |
| https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label |
Confederate surrender at Appomattox
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| gptkbp:influenced_by |
gptkb:Battle_of_Gettysburg
gptkb:Siege_of_Petersburg gptkb:Sherman's_March_to_the_Sea gptkb:Grant's_Overland_Campaign Confederate military strategy Union military strategy the Appomattox Campaign Union blockade political climate of the time Union victories in 1864 diplomatic efforts during the war economic conditions in the South the fall of Richmond international reactions to the Civil War Confederate defeats in 1864 Lee's dwindling resources key battles leading to the surrender public sentiment in the North and South |
| gptkbp:is_a_document_that |
Appomattox Court House surrender terms
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| gptkbp:is_celebrated_in |
gptkb:Appomattox_Court_House_National_Historical_Park
various monuments |
| gptkbp:is_involved_in |
gptkb:Robert_E._Lee
gptkb:Ulysses_S._Grant |
| gptkbp:location |
gptkb:Appomattox_Court_House,_Virginia
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| gptkbp:outcome |
surrender of the Army of Northern Virginia
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| gptkbp:part_of |
final campaign of the Civil War
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| gptkbp:preceded_by |
gptkb:Battle_of_Five_Forks
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| gptkbp:related_to |
gptkb:political_movement
Southern states' readmission to the Union legacy of the Civil War Civil War memory and historiography African American soldiers' contributions Civil War Reconstruction policies |
| gptkbp:resulted_in |
disbandment of the Confederate Army
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| gptkbp:significance |
marked the end of the American Civil War
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| gptkbp:bfsParent |
gptkb:Siege_of_Wilmington
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| gptkbp:bfsLayer |
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