Third Battle of Petersburg

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battle engagement of the American Civil War

The Third Battle of Petersburg was the decisive Union assault in April 1865 that broke Confederate defenses around Petersburg, leading directly to the fall of Richmond and the endgame of the American Civil War.

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All labels observed (2)

Label	Occurrences
Third Battle of Petersburg canonical	10
Fall of Petersburg	3

Statements (46)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	battle ⓘ engagement of the American Civil War ⓘ
alsoKnownAs	Third Battle of Petersburg ⓘ surface form: Fall of Petersburg
belligerent	Confederate States of America ⓘ Union (United States) ⓘ surface form: United States (Union)
campaignPhase	final offensive operations against Petersburg ⓘ
casualtiesAndLosses	thousands on both sides ⓘ
commander	A.P. Hill ⓘ surface form: A. P. Hill George G. Meade ⓘ John B. Gordon ⓘ Robert E. Lee ⓘ Ulysses S. Grant ⓘ
commandStructure	Confederate forces under command of General Robert E. Lee ⓘ Union forces under overall command of Lieutenant General Ulysses S. Grant ⓘ
conflict	American Civil War ⓘ
country	Confederate States of America ⓘ
date	April 2, 1865 ⓘ
followedBy	Appomattox Campaign ⓘ surface form: Appomattox campaign Battle of Appomattox Court House ⓘ Battle of Sailor’s Creek ⓘ
front	Eastern Theater of the American Civil War ⓘ
geographicalContext	south of Richmond, Virginia ⓘ
historicalSignificance	decisive battle leading to the collapse of Confederate defenses around Richmond and Petersburg ⓘ key event in the endgame of the American Civil War ⓘ
involvedMilitaryUnit	Army of Northern Virginia ⓘ Army of the James ⓘ Army of the Potomac ⓘ
location	Petersburg, Virginia ⓘ
notableEvent	death of Confederate General A. P. Hill ⓘ
objective	break Confederate defensive lines around Petersburg ⓘ
partOf	Richmond–Petersburg Campaign ⓘ surface form: Petersburg campaign Richmond–Petersburg Campaign ⓘ
precededBy	Battle of Fort Stedman ⓘ
relatedEvent	Appomattox Campaign ⓘ Evacuation Fire of Richmond in 1865 ⓘ surface form: Evacuation of Richmond Siege of Petersburg ⓘ
result	Union victory ⓘ
strategicConsequence	beginning of the final retreat of the Army of Northern Virginia ⓘ direct lead-up to Robert E. Lee’s surrender at Appomattox Court House ⓘ evacuation of Petersburg by Confederate forces ⓘ fall of Richmond ⓘ
tacticalOutcome	Confederate lines around Petersburg became untenable ⓘ Union forces broke through multiple Confederate defensive lines ⓘ
typeOfAction	large-scale infantry assault ⓘ siege breakthrough ⓘ
year	1865 ⓘ

Referenced by (13)

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

Siege of Petersburg → majorEngagement → Third Battle of Petersburg ⓘ

Appomattox Campaign → hasPart → Third Battle of Petersburg ⓘ

Appomattox Station and Appomattox Court House operations → precededBy → Third Battle of Petersburg ⓘ

this entity surface form: Fall of Petersburg

A.P. Hill → killedIn → Third Battle of Petersburg ⓘ

Petersburg National Battlefield → significantEvent → Third Battle of Petersburg ⓘ

Second Battle of Petersburg → followedBy → Third Battle of Petersburg ⓘ

Battle of White Oak Road → followedBy → Third Battle of Petersburg ⓘ

Battle of Fort Stedman → followedBy → Third Battle of Petersburg ⓘ

Third Battle of Petersburg → alsoKnownAs → Third Battle of Petersburg ⓘ

this entity surface form: Fall of Petersburg

Battle of Five Forks → followedBy → Third Battle of Petersburg ⓘ

Battle of Sailor’s Creek → follows → Third Battle of Petersburg ⓘ

this entity surface form: Fall of Petersburg

Battle of Sailor’s Creek → precededBy → Third Battle of Petersburg ⓘ

Richmond defenses → associatedBattle → Third Battle of Petersburg ⓘ