The Battle of the Wilderness
GPTKB entity
Statements (60)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| gptkbp:instanceOf |
battle
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| gptkbp:aftermath |
Union forces continued to advance
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| gptkbp:alliance |
gptkb:George_G._Meade
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| gptkbp:awards |
neither side gained a decisive victory
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| gptkbp:battle |
gptkb:Battle_of_the_Crater
Battle of Cold Harbor |
| gptkbp:casualties |
approximately 29,800
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| gptkbp:celebrates |
historical markers
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| gptkbp:climate |
rain and mud
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| gptkbp:combatants |
gptkb:Confederate_Army
gptkb:Union_Army |
| gptkbp:commander |
gptkb:James_Longstreet
defensive positions |
| gptkbp:cultural_impact |
inspired literature and films
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| gptkbp:date |
May 5, 1864
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| gptkbp:depicts |
historical paintings
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| gptkbp:duration |
May 5-7, 1864
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| gptkbp:education |
taught in military history courses
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| gptkbp:followedBy |
Battle of Spotsylvania Court House
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| gptkbp:foughtIn |
May 5 and May 7, 1864
Wilderness_area |
| gptkbp:future_plans |
Union_Army_continued_to_press_forward
Union_offensive_against_the_Confederacy |
| gptkbp:historical_analysis |
examined for its tactical decisions
|
| gptkbp:historical_significance |
varied among historians
remains a subject of study. marked_a_shift_in_Union_tactics |
| gptkbp:historicalContext |
part_of_the_larger_conflict_of_the_American_Civil_War
|
| gptkbp:historicalRecords |
remembered for its ferocity
|
| gptkbp:historicalSignificance |
after-action reviews
battlefield reports |
| gptkbp:historicalSite |
gptkb:Wilderness_Battlefield_National_Park
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| https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label |
The Battle of the Wilderness
|
| gptkbp:impact |
high casualties affected both sides
influenced future battles in the campaign |
| gptkbp:influenced |
previous_battles_in_the_Civil_War
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| gptkbp:is_a_source_of |
diaries of participants
letters from soldiers |
| gptkbp:keyPeople |
wooded terrain
|
| gptkbp:landscape |
dense woods
|
| gptkbp:legacy |
considered a brutal engagement
|
| gptkbp:location |
gptkb:Virginia
|
| gptkbp:losses |
approximately 18,000
approximately 11,000 |
| gptkbp:notable_event |
reenactments
intense fighting in thick underbrush |
| gptkbp:notable_feature |
fog of war
high casualty rates close-quarters combat use of artillery night fighting |
| gptkbp:notablePerson |
gptkb:Robert_E._Lee
gptkb:Ulysses_S._Grant |
| gptkbp:partOf |
gptkb:American_Civil_War
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| gptkbp:precededBy |
Battle of the North Anna
|
| gptkbp:result |
tactical draw
|
| gptkbp:significance |
first major battle in the Overland Campaign
|
| gptkbp:tactics |
flanking maneuvers
studied in military academies |
| gptkbp:team |
attrition warfare
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