Eastern Theater of the American Civil War

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military campaign theater theater of war

The Eastern Theater of the American Civil War was the primary region of conflict in the eastern United States, encompassing major campaigns and battles between Union and Confederate forces in and around Virginia, Maryland, and Pennsylvania.

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All labels observed (12)

Label	Occurrences
Eastern Theater of the American Civil War canonical	120
Eastern Front of the American Civil War	5
American Civil War Eastern Theater	3
Virginia theater of the American Civil War	3
Virginia theater of operations	2
American Civil War theater	1
American Civil War theater of operations (Eastern Theater)	1
Commonwealth of Pennsylvania in the Civil War	1
Confederate States Army operations in the Eastern Theater of the American Civil War	1
Eastern Theater of war	1
Union Army eastern theaters of the American Civil War	1
Virginia in the American Civil War	1

Statements (49)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	military campaign theater ⓘ theater of war ⓘ
belligerent	Confederate States of America ⓘ Union ⓘ
characterizedBy	high casualty battles ⓘ large-scale field armies ⓘ
conflictOf	American Civil War ⓘ
country	United States of America ⓘ surface form: United States
culminatedIn	surrender of the Army of Northern Virginia at Appomattox Court House ⓘ
endTime	1865 ⓘ
frontLineNear	Richmond, Virginia ⓘ Washington, D.C. ⓘ
includesEvent	Appomattox Campaign ⓘ
location	District of Columbia ⓘ Maryland ⓘ North Carolina ⓘ Pennsylvania ⓘ Virginia ⓘ
mainOpposingForce	Army of Northern Virginia ⓘ surface form: Confederate Army of Northern Virginia Army of the Potomac ⓘ surface form: Union Army of the Potomac
notableBattle	Battle of Antietam ⓘ Battle of Chancellorsville ⓘ Battle of Cold Harbor ⓘ Battle of Fredericksburg ⓘ Battle of Gettysburg ⓘ Battle of Spotsylvania Court House ⓘ Battle of the Wilderness ⓘ First Battle of Bull Run ⓘ First Battle of Bull Run ⓘ surface form: First Battle of Manassas Second Battle of Bull Run ⓘ Second Battle of Bull Run ⓘ surface form: Second Battle of Manassas
notableCampaign	Gettysburg Campaign ⓘ Maryland Campaign ⓘ Overland Campaign ⓘ Peninsula Campaign ⓘ Richmond–Petersburg Campaign ⓘ
partOf	American Civil War ⓘ
primaryConfederateCommander	Joseph E. Johnston ⓘ Brigadier General P. G. T. Beauregard ⓘ surface form: P. G. T. Beauregard Robert E. Lee ⓘ
primaryUnionCommander	Ambrose Burnside ⓘ George McClellan ⓘ surface form: George B. McClellan George G. Meade ⓘ Joseph Hooker ⓘ Ulysses S. Grant ⓘ
startTime	1861 ⓘ
strategicObjective	capture of Richmond ⓘ defense of Washington, D.C. ⓘ
theaterOpposedTo	Western Theater of the American Civil War ⓘ

Referenced by (140)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Battle of Gettysburg: July 1–3, 1863 → theater → Eastern Theater of the American Civil War ⓘ

subject surface form: Battle of Gettysburg

Army of Northern Virginia → theater → Eastern Theater of the American Civil War ⓘ

First Battle of Bull Run → partOf → Eastern Theater of the American Civil War ⓘ

First Battle of Bull Run → front → Eastern Theater of the American Civil War ⓘ

this entity surface form: Eastern Front of the American Civil War

First Battle of Bull Run → theater → Eastern Theater of the American Civil War ⓘ

this entity surface form: Virginia theater of operations

Battle of Antietam → front → Eastern Theater of the American Civil War ⓘ

Siege of Petersburg → front → Eastern Theater of the American Civil War ⓘ

Appomattox Campaign → partOf → Eastern Theater of the American Civil War ⓘ

Appomattox Campaign → theater → Eastern Theater of the American Civil War ⓘ

this entity surface form: Virginia theater of the American Civil War

Battle of Gettysburg → partOf → Eastern Theater of the American Civil War ⓘ

Seven Days Battles → theater → Eastern Theater of the American Civil War ⓘ

Battle of Chancellorsville → partOf → Eastern Theater of the American Civil War ⓘ

Battle of Chancellorsville → militaryTheater → Eastern Theater of the American Civil War ⓘ

this entity surface form: Virginia theater of operations

Valley Campaign of 1862 → partOf → Eastern Theater of the American Civil War ⓘ

Henry Hill → front → Eastern Theater of the American Civil War ⓘ

From Manassas to Appomattox → coversCampaign → Eastern Theater of the American Civil War ⓘ

Battle of Vienna (American Civil War) → partOf → Eastern Theater of the American Civil War ⓘ

Army of the Potomac → theater → Eastern Theater of the American Civil War ⓘ

Second Battle of Bull Run → partOf → Eastern Theater of the American Civil War ⓘ

Second Battle of Bull Run → theater → Eastern Theater of the American Civil War ⓘ

Brigadier General P. G. T. Beauregard → theaterOfOperations → Eastern Theater of the American Civil War ⓘ

subject surface form: P. G. T. Beauregard

Peninsula Campaign → partOf → Eastern Theater of the American Civil War ⓘ

Battle of Fredericksburg → partOf → Eastern Theater of the American Civil War ⓘ

Carolinas Campaign → theater → Eastern Theater of the American Civil War ⓘ

Battle of Monocacy → theatre → Eastern Theater of the American Civil War ⓘ

Battle of Fair Oaks → theater → Eastern Theater of the American Civil War ⓘ

Dinwiddie County, Virginia → partOf → Eastern Theater of the American Civil War ⓘ

this entity surface form: American Civil War Eastern Theater

Valley Campaigns of 1864 → partOf → Eastern Theater of the American Civil War ⓘ

John Pelham → regionOfActivity → Eastern Theater of the American Civil War ⓘ

Battle of Port Royal → theater → Eastern Theater of the American Civil War ⓘ

Pennsylvania State Memorial → associatedWith → Eastern Theater of the American Civil War ⓘ

this entity surface form: Commonwealth of Pennsylvania in the Civil War

fighting at the Peach Orchard → theater → Eastern Theater of the American Civil War ⓘ

subject surface form: Fighting at the Peach Orchard

3rd Brigade, 1st Division, V Corps → theater → Eastern Theater of the American Civil War ⓘ

3rd Brigade, 1st Division, V Corps → front → Eastern Theater of the American Civil War ⓘ

this entity surface form: Eastern Front of the American Civil War

1st Texas Infantry → theaterOfOperations → Eastern Theater of the American Civil War ⓘ

15th Alabama Infantry → theater → Eastern Theater of the American Civil War ⓘ

Gettysburg Campaign → partOf → Eastern Theater of the American Civil War ⓘ

16th Michigan Infantry → serviceTheater → Eastern Theater of the American Civil War ⓘ

Frederick County, Virginia → historicalRegion → Eastern Theater of the American Civil War ⓘ

this entity surface form: American Civil War theater

John Bell Hood → theaterOfOperations → Eastern Theater of the American Civil War ⓘ

Maryland Campaign → partOf → Eastern Theater of the American Civil War ⓘ

Second Battle of Winchester → theater → Eastern Theater of the American Civil War ⓘ

XI Corps (Union Army of the Potomac) → theater → Eastern Theater of the American Civil War ⓘ

Western Theater of the American Civil War → relatedTheater → Eastern Theater of the American Civil War ⓘ

II Corps (Union Army of the Potomac) → theater → Eastern Theater of the American Civil War ⓘ

Army of the Peninsula → theater → Eastern Theater of the American Civil War ⓘ

Army of the Shenandoah (Confederate) → front → Eastern Theater of the American Civil War ⓘ

Petersburg was a major railroad hub supplying Richmond → militaryTheater → Eastern Theater of the American Civil War ⓘ

Army of the James → theater → Eastern Theater of the American Civil War ⓘ

Appomattox Station and Appomattox Court House operations → partOf → Eastern Theater of the American Civil War ⓘ

this entity surface form: Virginia in the American Civil War