Battle of the Weldon Railroad
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The Battle of the Weldon Railroad was an August 1864 American Civil War engagement in which Union forces seized and held a key Confederate supply line south of Petersburg, contributing significantly to the eventual fall of the city.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Battle of the Weldon Railroad canonical | 2 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T1192938 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
Target entity: Battle of the Weldon Railroad Context triple: [Siege of Petersburg, majorEngagement, Battle of the Weldon Railroad]
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A.
Battle of Cold Harbor
The Battle of Cold Harbor was a major and notoriously bloody 1864 Civil War engagement near Richmond, Virginia, in which Confederate forces under Robert E. Lee repelled repeated Union assaults during Ulysses S. Grant’s Overland Campaign.
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B.
Second Battle of Winchester
The Second Battle of Winchester was a major Confederate victory in June 1863 during the American Civil War that opened the Shenandoah Valley for Robert E. Lee’s army and set the stage for the Gettysburg Campaign.
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C.
Battle of Spotsylvania Court House
The Battle of Spotsylvania Court House was a major and brutal engagement of the American Civil War’s Overland Campaign in May 1864, marked by intense trench warfare and heavy casualties between Union forces under Ulysses S. Grant and Confederate forces under Robert E. Lee.
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D.
Battle of the Wilderness
The Battle of the Wilderness was a brutal, inconclusive 1864 Civil War clash in dense Virginia woods between Ulysses S. Grant’s Union forces and Robert E. Lee’s Confederate army, marking the start of Grant’s Overland Campaign.
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E.
Battle of Kennesaw Mountain
The Battle of Kennesaw Mountain was a major American Civil War engagement in 1864 near Marietta, Georgia, during the Atlanta Campaign, in which Union forces under William T. Sherman attacked entrenched Confederate troops commanded by Joseph E. Johnston.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
Target entity: Battle of the Weldon Railroad Target entity description: The Battle of the Weldon Railroad was an August 1864 American Civil War engagement in which Union forces seized and held a key Confederate supply line south of Petersburg, contributing significantly to the eventual fall of the city.
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A.
Battle of Cold Harbor
The Battle of Cold Harbor was a major and notoriously bloody 1864 Civil War engagement near Richmond, Virginia, in which Confederate forces under Robert E. Lee repelled repeated Union assaults during Ulysses S. Grant’s Overland Campaign.
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B.
Second Battle of Winchester
The Second Battle of Winchester was a major Confederate victory in June 1863 during the American Civil War that opened the Shenandoah Valley for Robert E. Lee’s army and set the stage for the Gettysburg Campaign.
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C.
Battle of Spotsylvania Court House
The Battle of Spotsylvania Court House was a major and brutal engagement of the American Civil War’s Overland Campaign in May 1864, marked by intense trench warfare and heavy casualties between Union forces under Ulysses S. Grant and Confederate forces under Robert E. Lee.
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D.
Battle of the Wilderness
The Battle of the Wilderness was a brutal, inconclusive 1864 Civil War clash in dense Virginia woods between Ulysses S. Grant’s Union forces and Robert E. Lee’s Confederate army, marking the start of Grant’s Overland Campaign.
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E.
Battle of Kennesaw Mountain
The Battle of Kennesaw Mountain was a major American Civil War engagement in 1864 near Marietta, Georgia, during the Atlanta Campaign, in which Union forces under William T. Sherman attacked entrenched Confederate troops commanded by Joseph E. Johnston.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (48)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
American Civil War battle
ⓘ
battle ⓘ |
| alsoKnownAs | Battle of Globe Tavern ⓘ |
| associatedWith |
Robert E. Lee
ⓘ
Ulysses S. Grant ⓘ |
| belligerent |
Confederate States of America
ⓘ
Union (United States) ⓘ
surface form:
United States (Union)
|
| campaignTheater | Eastern Theater of the American Civil War ⓘ |
| category |
Battles involving the Army of the Potomac
ⓘ
Battles of the Siege of Petersburg ⓘ |
| commander |
A.P. Hill
ⓘ
surface form:
A. P. Hill
Gouverneur Kemble Warren ⓘ
surface form:
Gouverneur K. Warren
Henry Heth ⓘ William Mahone ⓘ |
| confederateAction | repeated counterattacks to dislodge Union troops from the railroad ⓘ |
| confederateCasualtiesApprox | about 1,600 ⓘ |
| confederateForce | Third Corps, Army of Northern Virginia ⓘ |
| confederateGoal | to maintain control of the Weldon Railroad supply route ⓘ |
| conflict | American Civil War ⓘ |
| country |
United States of America
ⓘ
surface form:
United States
|
| dateEnd | 1864-08-21 ⓘ |
| dateStart | 1864-08-18 ⓘ |
| followedBy | Second Battle of Ream’s Station ⓘ |
| front |
Siege of Petersburg
ⓘ
surface form:
Petersburg front
|
| historicalPeriod | 1864 in Virginia ⓘ |
| isPartOf |
Richmond–Petersburg Campaign
ⓘ
surface form:
Grant’s Overland and Petersburg operations
|
| location |
Dinwiddie County, Virginia
ⓘ
near Petersburg, Virginia ⓘ |
| month | August 1864 ⓘ |
| objective | to cut the Weldon Railroad, a key Confederate supply line into Petersburg ⓘ |
| outcome |
Union forces held their position against Confederate counterattacks
ⓘ
Union forces seized a section of the Weldon Railroad ⓘ |
| partOf |
Richmond–Petersburg Campaign
ⓘ
Siege of Petersburg ⓘ |
| precededBy | Second Battle of Deep Bottom ⓘ |
| primaryTactic | Union infantry assault on the railroad line ⓘ |
| railLineDirection | connected Petersburg, Virginia, with Weldon, North Carolina ⓘ |
| railroadInvolved | Petersburg and Weldon Railroad ⓘ |
| result | Union victory ⓘ |
| significance |
first permanent Union hold on the Weldon Railroad south of Petersburg
ⓘ
tightened the Union siege around Petersburg ⓘ |
| strategicEffect |
contributed to the eventual fall of Petersburg
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severed a major Confederate supply route into Petersburg from the south ⓘ |
| terrain | wooded areas and railroad cut near Globe Tavern ⓘ |
| typeOfEngagement | multi-day engagement ⓘ |
| unionCasualtiesApprox | about 4,200 ⓘ |
| unionForce |
Union V Corps
ⓘ
surface form:
V Corps, Army of the Potomac
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| unionGoal | to extend Union siege lines westward from Petersburg ⓘ |
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Subject: Battle of the Weldon Railroad Description of subject: The Battle of the Weldon Railroad was an August 1864 American Civil War engagement in which Union forces seized and held a key Confederate supply line south of Petersburg, contributing significantly to the eventual fall of the city.
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