Mosby's Fairfax Raid

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Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf gptkb:military_operation
gptkbp:combatant gptkb:Confederate_States_Army
gptkb:Union_Army
gptkbp:commander gptkb:John_S._Mosby
gptkbp:date March 9, 1863
gptkbp:forceSize ~100 Union soldiers (garrison)
~29 Confederate Rangers
gptkbp:historicalSignificance Demonstrated effectiveness of partisan warfare
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label Mosby's Fairfax Raid
gptkbp:involvedIn 43rd Battalion Virginia Cavalry (Mosby's Rangers)
gptkbp:location gptkb:Fairfax,_Virginia
gptkbp:notableCapture Union Brigadier General Edwin H. Stoughton
gptkbp:notableFor Capture of a Union general in his bed
Surprise attack behind Union lines
gptkbp:partOf gptkb:American_Civil_War
gptkbp:result Confederate victory
Capture of Union soldiers and supplies
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:Fairfax_Court_House_Raid
gptkbp:bfsLayer 7