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gptkbp:instance_of
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gptkb:battle
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gptkbp:aftermath
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gptkb:Fall_of_Richmond
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gptkbp:casualties
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Union: 3,000
Confederacy: 1,500
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gptkbp:combatant
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gptkb:Union_Army
gptkb:Union
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gptkbp:commander
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gptkb:Robert_E._Lee
gptkb:Ulysses_S._Grant
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gptkbp:date
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March 29, 1865
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gptkbp:duration
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March 29 -April 2, 1865
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gptkbp:engagement
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gptkb:Siege_of_Petersburg
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gptkbp:followed_by
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gptkb:Battle_of_Appomattox_Court_House
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gptkbp:fortifications
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Petersburg defenses
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gptkbp:historical_figure
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gptkb:General_Philip_Sheridan
gptkb:General_A._P._Hill
gptkb:General_John_Gordon
gptkb:General_George_Meade
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gptkbp:historical_impact
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Increased morale for Union forces
Influenced post-war Reconstruction policies
Union control of Virginia
Accelerated Confederate surrender
Signaled the decline of the Confederacy
Contributed to the end of slavery in the U. S.
End of Confederate resistance in the East
Led to the eventual capture of Lee's army
Set the stage for the 13th Amendment
Shifted public opinion towards Union victory
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gptkbp:historical_significance
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Led to the end of the Civil War
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Third Battle of Petersburg
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gptkbp:key_event
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Breakthrough at the Crater
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gptkbp:location
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gptkb:Petersburg,_Virginia
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gptkbp:logistics
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Supply lines cut
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gptkbp:military_branch
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gptkb:Army
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gptkbp:military_strategy
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Attrition warfare
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gptkbp:military_technology
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gptkb:artillery
Trench warfare
Rifled muskets
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gptkbp:outcome
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Capture of Petersburg
Capture of Confederate supply routes
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gptkbp:part_of
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gptkb:American_Civil_War
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gptkbp:preceded_by
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gptkb:Second_Battle_of_Petersburg
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gptkbp:result
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gptkb:Union_victory
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gptkbp:significance
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Final offensive of the Petersburg Campaign
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gptkbp:strategy
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Flanking maneuver
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gptkbp:tactics
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gptkb:Siege_warfare
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gptkbp:theater
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gptkb:Eastern_Theater_of_the_American_Civil_War
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gptkbp:bfsParent
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gptkb:Battle_of_Petersburg
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gptkbp:bfsLayer
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