capture of Fort Fisher

GPTKB entity

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Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf military engagement
gptkbp:aftermath Union blockade strengthened
gptkbp:casualties Union casualties approximately 1,000
Confederate_casualties_approximately_500
gptkbp:commander gptkb:General_Robert_E._Lee
gptkb:General_Braxton_Bragg
gptkb:Admiral_David_Porter
gptkb:General_William_H._C._Whiting
gptkb:General_Alfred_H._Terry
gptkb:General_John_G._Foster
gptkb:General_Joseph_B._Kershaw
gptkbp:cultural_impact educational programs
historical reenactments
commemorative events
documentaries and films
inspired literature and art
gptkbp:date January 15, 1865
gptkbp:historical_significance last_major_coastal_stronghold_of_the_Confederacy
gptkbp:historicalEvent part of the Wilmington Campaign
gptkbp:historicalRecords various military historians
gptkbp:historicalSignificance government records
military orders
newspaper articles
letters and diaries of soldiers
battlefield reports
gptkbp:house earthworks and sand dunes
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label capture of Fort Fisher
gptkbp:impact contributed_to_the_fall_of_the_Confederacy
gptkbp:involved gptkb:Confederate_Army
gptkb:Union_Army
gptkbp:legacy symbol_of_Confederate_defeat
symbol_of_Union_naval_power
gptkbp:location gptkb:North_Carolina
gptkbp:navalFleet bombardment_by_the_Navy
gptkbp:notable_player Confederate_troops
gptkbp:partOf gptkb:American_Civil_War
gptkbp:precededBy First Battle of Fort Fisher
gptkbp:result Union victory
gptkbp:significance opened_the_port_of_Wilmington
gptkbp:strategicGoals defense_of_the_Confederacy
gptkbp:succeededBy Second Battle of Fort Fisher
gptkbp:supportRole gptkb:Fort_Fisher
gptkbp:tactics combined land and naval assault
gptkbp:team cut_off_supplies_to_the_Confederacy