The Campaign of the Army of the Potomac

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Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf military campaign
gptkbp:associatedWith gptkb:Union_Army
gptkbp:casualties Over 600,000
gptkbp:commanded gptkb:George_B._McClellan
gptkbp:foughtAgainst gptkb:Confederate_States_Army
gptkbp:headquarters gptkb:Washington,_D.C.
gptkbp:historicalFigures gptkb:Robert_E._Lee
gptkb:Gouverneur_K._Warren
gptkb:Philip_Kearny
gptkb:Winfield_Scott_Hancock
gptkb:James_Longstreet
gptkb:Daniel_Sickles
gptkb:Stonewall_Jackson
gptkb:J.E.B._Stuart
gptkb:George_Pickett
gptkb:John_Sedgwick
gptkb:John_F._Reynolds
gptkbp:historicalSignificance Turning_point_in_the_Civil_War
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label The Campaign of the Army of the Potomac
gptkbp:influencedBy Public opinion
Military strategy
Political pressures
gptkbp:location gptkb:Eastern_Theater_of_the_American_Civil_War
gptkbp:logistics Supply lines
gptkbp:majorIndustry gptkb:Battle_of_the_Wilderness
gptkb:Siege_of_Petersburg
Battle of Appomattox Court House
Battle of Chancellorsville
Battle of Fredericksburg
Battle of Cold Harbor
Battle of Spotsylvania Court House
gptkbp:militaryRank Artillery
Cavalry
Infantry
gptkbp:notableBattle gptkb:Battle_of_Gettysburg
Battle of Antietam
gptkbp:notablePerson gptkb:Joseph_Hooker
gptkb:George_Meade
gptkb:Ambrose_Burnside
gptkbp:partOf gptkb:American_Civil_War
gptkbp:popularActivities gptkb:Philip_Sheridan
gptkb:Ulysses_S._Grant
gptkb:William_Tecumseh_Sherman
gptkbp:predecessor gptkb:Army_of_Northeastern_Virginia
gptkbp:significantEvent Union victory
gptkbp:strategicGoals gptkb:Capture_of_Richmond
gptkbp:successor Army_of_the_Potomac_(reorganized)
gptkbp:tactics Siege warfare
Flanking maneuvers
Trench_warfare
gptkbp:yearEstablished 1861
1865