Second Battle of Petersburg

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American Civil War battle battle

The Second Battle of Petersburg was a key June 1864 American Civil War clash in Virginia in which failed Union assaults against Confederate defenses led directly to the prolonged Siege of Petersburg.

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All labels observed (3)

Label	Occurrences
Second Battle of Petersburg canonical	3
Assault on Petersburg	1
First Battle of Petersburg	1

Statements (47)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	American Civil War battle ⓘ battle ⓘ
alsoKnownAs	Second Battle of Petersburg ⓘ surface form: Assault on Petersburg
belligerent	Confederate States Army ⓘ surface form: Confederate Army Union Army ⓘ
campaign	Richmond–Petersburg Campaign ⓘ
combatant	Confederate States of America ⓘ Union (United States) ⓘ surface form: United States (Union)
commander	George G. Meade ⓘ Brigadier General P. G. T. Beauregard ⓘ surface form: P. G. T. Beauregard Robert E. Lee ⓘ Ulysses S. Grant ⓘ William F. "Baldy" Smith ⓘ Winfield Scott Hancock ⓘ surface form: Winfield S. Hancock
confederateCasualtiesApprox	4000 ⓘ
confederateForceCommander	Army of Northern Virginia ⓘ
confederateOperationalGoal	defend Petersburg and maintain supply routes to Richmond ⓘ
conflict	American Civil War ⓘ
consequence	beginning of the Siege of Petersburg ⓘ prolonged trench warfare around Petersburg ⓘ
country	United States of America ⓘ surface form: United States
date	June 15–18, 1864 ⓘ
dateEnd	1864-06-18 ⓘ
dateStart	1864-06-15 ⓘ
followedBy	Fourth Battle of Petersburg ⓘ Siege of Petersburg ⓘ Third Battle of Petersburg ⓘ
front	Richmond–Petersburg Campaign ⓘ surface form: Richmond–Petersburg front
historicalPeriod	American Civil War, 1864 phase ⓘ
locationRelativeToRichmond	south of Richmond, Virginia ⓘ
notableFeature	extensive use of field fortifications ⓘ failed Union frontal assaults on Confederate lines ⓘ
objective	capture of Petersburg, Virginia ⓘ
outcome	Union assaults repulsed ⓘ
partOf	American Civil War ⓘ Richmond–Petersburg Campaign ⓘ surface form: Overland Campaign and Richmond–Petersburg operations
place	Petersburg, Virginia ⓘ
precededBy	Second Battle of Petersburg self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: First Battle of Petersburg
result	Confederate victory ⓘ
strategicSignificance	blocked direct Union capture of Petersburg in June 1864 ⓘ forced Union forces into a long siege rather than a quick victory ⓘ
tacticsUsed	entrenchments and defensive earthworks ⓘ
theater	Eastern Theater of the American Civil War ⓘ
typeOfEngagement	siege-opening battle ⓘ
unionCasualtiesApprox	11000 ⓘ
unionForceCommander	Army of the Potomac ⓘ
unionOperationalGoal	cut Confederate supply lines into Richmond via Petersburg ⓘ

Referenced by (5)

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

Siege of Petersburg → majorEngagement → Second Battle of Petersburg ⓘ

Battle of Cold Harbor → followedBy → Second Battle of Petersburg ⓘ

Richmond–Petersburg Campaign → notableBattle → Second Battle of Petersburg ⓘ

Second Battle of Petersburg → precededBy → Second Battle of Petersburg self-linksurface differs ⓘ

this entity surface form: First Battle of Petersburg

Second Battle of Petersburg → alsoKnownAs → Second Battle of Petersburg ⓘ

this entity surface form: Assault on Petersburg