Battle of Sailor’s Creek

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American Civil War battle battle

The Battle of Sailor’s Creek was a major Union victory in April 1865 that shattered a large portion of Robert E. Lee’s army during its retreat, hastening the Confederate surrender at Appomattox.

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All labels observed (4)

Label	Occurrences
Battle of Sailor's Creek	5
Battle of Sailor’s Creek canonical	3
Battle of Little Sailor’s Creek	1
Battle of Sayler’s Creek	1

Statements (51)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	American Civil War battle ⓘ battle ⓘ
alsoKnownAs	Battle of Sailor’s Creek ⓘ surface form: Battle of Little Sailor’s Creek Battle of Sailor Creek ⓘ Battle of Sailor’s Creek ⓘ surface form: Battle of Sayler’s Creek
approximateConfederateStrength	about 18,500 ⓘ
approximateUnionStrength	about 26,000 ⓘ
associatedPerson	Robert E. Lee ⓘ
belligerent	Confederate States of America ⓘ Union (United States) ⓘ surface form: United States (Union)
campaignObjective	Cut off and destroy part of Robert E. Lee’s retreating army ⓘ
commander	Andrew A. Humphreys ⓘ Custis Lee ⓘ Fitzhugh Lee ⓘ George G. Meade ⓘ Horatio G. Wright ⓘ John B. Gordon ⓘ Joseph B. Kershaw NERFINISHED ⓘ Philip Sheridan ⓘ surface form: Philip H. Sheridan Richard H. Anderson ⓘ Richard S. Ewell ⓘ Ulysses S. Grant ⓘ
ConfederateCasualties	approximately 7,700 ⓘ
ConfederateGeneralsCaptured	Custis Lee ⓘ Dudley M. Du Bose ⓘ Eppa Hunton ⓘ Joseph B. Kershaw NERFINISHED ⓘ Richard S. Ewell ⓘ Seth M. Barton ⓘ
conflictIn	American Civil War ⓘ
country	United States of America ⓘ surface form: United States
date	April 6, 1865 ⓘ
describedAs	major Union victory ⓘ
effect	hastened Confederate surrender at Appomattox ⓘ shattered a large portion of Robert E. Lee’s army ⓘ
followedBy	Battle of Appomattox Court House ⓘ Battle of Appomattox Station ⓘ
follows	Third Battle of Petersburg ⓘ surface form: Fall of Petersburg
hasMemorial	Sailor’s Creek Battlefield Historical State Park ⓘ
LeeForcesCaptured	approximately one-fourth of Lee’s remaining army ⓘ
location	Amelia County, Virginia ⓘ Nottoway County, Virginia ⓘ Prince Edward County, Virginia ⓘ
notableQuoteAssociated	“My God, has the army dissolved?” ⓘ
partOf	Appomattox Campaign ⓘ
precededBy	Third Battle of Petersburg ⓘ
result	Union victory ⓘ
state	Virginia ⓘ
surrenderContext	occurred three days before Lee’s surrender at Appomattox Court House ⓘ
UnionCasualties	approximately 1,150 ⓘ
year	1865 ⓘ

Referenced by (10)

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

Appomattox Campaign → hasPart → Battle of Sailor’s Creek ⓘ

Richard S. Ewell → capturedAt → Battle of Sailor’s Creek ⓘ

this entity surface form: Battle of Sailor's Creek

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

Battle of Amelia Springs → relatedEvent → Battle of Sailor’s Creek ⓘ

this entity surface form: Battle of Sailor's Creek

Battle of Amelia Springs → followedBy → Battle of Sailor’s Creek ⓘ

this entity surface form: Battle of Sailor's Creek

Battle of High Bridge → precededBy → Battle of Sailor’s Creek ⓘ

this entity surface form: Battle of Sailor's Creek

Battle of Sailor’s Creek → alsoKnownAs → Battle of Sailor’s Creek ⓘ

this entity surface form: Battle of Sayler’s Creek

Battle of Sailor’s Creek → alsoKnownAs → Battle of Sailor’s Creek ⓘ

this entity surface form: Battle of Little Sailor’s Creek

Battle of Appomattox Station → precededBy → Battle of Sailor’s Creek ⓘ

Battle of Appomattox Court House → precededBy → Battle of Sailor’s Creek ⓘ

this entity surface form: Battle of Sailor's Creek