Western Virginia Campaign

GPTKB entity

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Predicate Object
gptkbp:instance_of gptkb:military_campaigns
gptkbp:after_action_report Mc Clellan's report
gptkbp:combatant gptkb:Union_Army
gptkb:Union
gptkbp:commander gptkb:Major_General_George_B._Mc_Clellan
General Robert S. Garnett
gptkbp:date 1861
gptkbp:duration June 1861 to August 1861
gptkbp:election_result West Virginia statehood
gptkbp:historical_context prelude to the Battle of Bull Run
gptkbp:historical_impact increased Union morale
weakened Confederate presence in the region
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label Western Virginia Campaign
gptkbp:key_figures gptkb:General_William_W._Loring
gptkb:General_John_C._Frémont
gptkb:General_John_C._Pemberton
gptkb:General_P._G._T._Beauregard
gptkb:General_Jubal_Early
gptkb:General_Ambrose_Burnside
gptkb:General_George_H._Thomas
gptkb:General_John_B._Magruder
gptkb:General_Robert_E._Lee
gptkb:General_Thomas_J._Jackson
gptkb:General_Richard_H._Anderson
gptkb:General_John_C._Breckinridge
gptkb:General_William_S._Rosecrans
gptkb:General_Joseph_E._Johnston
gptkb:General_Joseph_Hooker
gptkb:General_Ulysses_S._Grant
gptkb:General_Philip_Sheridan
gptkb:General_William_H._Seward
gptkb:General_A._P._Hill
gptkb:General_John_A._Logan
gptkb:General_Edward_Johnson
gptkb:General_Richard_S._Ewell
gptkb:General_William_B._Franklin
gptkb:General_George_Pickett
gptkb:General_John_S._Mosby
gptkb:General_John_B._Hood
gptkb:General_William_Tecumseh_Sherman
gptkb:General_John_B._Floyd
gptkb:General_Winfield_Scott
gptkb:General_Henry_Heth
gptkb:General_Edwin_M._Stanton
gptkb:General_John_G._Foster
gptkb:General_John_A._Mc_Clernand
gptkbp:location Western Virginia
gptkbp:military_strategy gptkb:intelligence_gathering
logistical support
flanking maneuvers
gptkbp:notable_battle gptkb:Battle_of_Rich_Mountain
Battle of Corrick's Ford
Battle of Laurel Hill
gptkbp:outcome establishment of West Virginia
gptkbp:part_of gptkb:American_Civil_War
gptkbp:result gptkb:Union_victory
gptkbp:significance strategic control of the region
gptkbp:strategy defensive operations
gptkbp:strength Confederacy: 20,000
Union: 50,000
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:Battle_of_Greenbrier_River
gptkb:Battle_of_the_Greenbrier_River
gptkbp:bfsLayer 7