Battle of Gettysburg
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The Battle of Gettysburg was a pivotal three-day Civil War clash in 1863 that marked a turning point in favor of the Union and became one of the conflict’s bloodiest and most famous engagements.
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Target entity: Battle of Gettysburg Context triple: [Gettysburg Address, associatedWithEvent, Battle of Gettysburg]
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Battle of Antietam
The Battle of Antietam was a pivotal 1862 clash in the American Civil War, known as the bloodiest single day in U.S. military history and a turning point that enabled Abraham Lincoln to issue the Emancipation Proclamation.
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Battle of Shiloh
The Battle of Shiloh was a major early American Civil War clash in April 1862 in southwestern Tennessee, marked by heavy casualties and a hard-fought Union victory that foreshadowed the war’s bloody scale.
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Appomattox Campaign
The Appomattox Campaign was the final series of military operations in the American Civil War that led to the surrender of Confederate General Robert E. Lee’s Army of Northern Virginia in April 1865.
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Siege of Petersburg
The Siege of Petersburg was a prolonged series of trench warfare operations in 1864–1865 around Petersburg, Virginia, whose eventual Union victory cut off Confederate supply lines and led directly to the fall of Richmond and the end of the American Civil War.
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Siege of Vicksburg
The Siege of Vicksburg was a pivotal 1863 Union campaign in the American Civil War that secured control of the Mississippi River and split the Confederacy in two.
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- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
Target entity: Battle of Gettysburg Target entity description: The Battle of Gettysburg was a pivotal three-day Civil War clash in 1863 that marked a turning point in favor of the Union and became one of the conflict’s bloodiest and most famous engagements.
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A.
Battle of Antietam
The Battle of Antietam was a pivotal 1862 clash in the American Civil War, known as the bloodiest single day in U.S. military history and a turning point that enabled Abraham Lincoln to issue the Emancipation Proclamation.
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B.
Battle of Shiloh
The Battle of Shiloh was a major early American Civil War clash in April 1862 in southwestern Tennessee, marked by heavy casualties and a hard-fought Union victory that foreshadowed the war’s bloody scale.
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C.
Appomattox Campaign
The Appomattox Campaign was the final series of military operations in the American Civil War that led to the surrender of Confederate General Robert E. Lee’s Army of Northern Virginia in April 1865.
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D.
Siege of Petersburg
The Siege of Petersburg was a prolonged series of trench warfare operations in 1864–1865 around Petersburg, Virginia, whose eventual Union victory cut off Confederate supply lines and led directly to the fall of Richmond and the end of the American Civil War.
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E.
Siege of Vicksburg
The Siege of Vicksburg was a pivotal 1863 Union campaign in the American Civil War that secured control of the Mississippi River and split the Confederacy in two.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (51)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
American Civil War battle
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battle ⓘ |
| belligerent |
Confederate States of America
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surface form:
Confederate States
Union ⓘ |
| campaign | Gettysburg Campaign ⓘ |
| casualtiesAndLosses |
approximately 23,000 Union casualties
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approximately 28,000 Confederate casualties ⓘ over 50,000 total casualties ⓘ |
| commandedBy |
George G. Meade
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Robert E. Lee ⓘ |
| commemoratedBy |
Gettysburg Address
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Gettysburg National Military Park ⓘ |
| conflict | American Civil War ⓘ |
| country |
United States of America
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surface form:
United States
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| dateOf | July 1–3, 1863 ⓘ |
| describedAs |
bloodiest battle of the American Civil War
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turning point of the American Civil War ⓘ |
| endDate | 1863-07-03 ⓘ |
| followedBy |
Gettysburg Campaign
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surface form:
Retreat from Gettysburg
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| hasCommander |
A.P. Hill
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Daniel Sickles ⓘ J.E.B. Stuart ⓘ James Longstreet ⓘ John Buford ⓘ John F. Reynolds ⓘ Oliver Otis Howard ⓘ
surface form:
Oliver O. Howard
Richard S. Ewell ⓘ Winfield Scott Hancock ⓘ |
| notableEvent |
Pickett’s Charge
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surface form:
Pickett's Charge
defense of Little Round Top ⓘ fighting at Cemetery Hill ⓘ fighting at Culp's Hill ⓘ fighting at Devil’s Den ⓘ
surface form:
fighting at Devil's Den
fighting at the Peach Orchard ⓘ fighting at the Wheatfield ⓘ first day fighting west and north of Gettysburg ⓘ second day assaults on Union flanks ⓘ third day Confederate assault on Cemetery Ridge ⓘ |
| opponent |
Army of Northern Virginia
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Army of the Potomac ⓘ |
| partOf | Eastern Theater of the American Civil War ⓘ |
| place |
Gettysburg
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surface form:
Gettysburg, Pennsylvania
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| precededBy | Battle of Chancellorsville ⓘ |
| relatedEvent | Gettysburg Address ⓘ |
| relatedWork | Gettysburg Address ⓘ |
| result | Union victory ⓘ |
| significance |
boosted Union morale
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diminished Confederate offensive capability ⓘ ended Robert E. Lee's second invasion of the North ⓘ |
| startDate | 1863-07-01 ⓘ |
| strategicObjective |
Gettysburg Campaign
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surface form:
Confederate invasion of the North
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Subject: Battle of Gettysburg Description of subject: The Battle of Gettysburg was a pivotal three-day Civil War clash in 1863 that marked a turning point in favor of the Union and became one of the conflict’s bloodiest and most famous engagements.
Referenced by (137)
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