Relief of Knoxville
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The Relief of Knoxville was an American Civil War Union operation in late 1863 that successfully lifted the Confederate siege of Knoxville, Tennessee.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Relief of Knoxville canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
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Target entity: Relief of Knoxville Context triple: [Military Division of the Mississippi, oversawOperation, Relief of Knoxville]
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Chattanooga Campaign
The Chattanooga Campaign was a series of pivotal American Civil War battles in late 1863 in and around Chattanooga, Tennessee, that broke the Confederate siege of the city and opened the Deep South to Union invasion.
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B.
Fort Donelson campaign
The Fort Donelson campaign was a major early Union offensive in the American Civil War that secured key Confederate forts in Tennessee, opened vital rivers for Northern advances, and elevated Ulysses S. Grant to national prominence.
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C.
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.
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Battle of Selma (1865)
The Battle of Selma (1865) was a late–Civil War engagement in which Union forces under General James H. Wilson captured the Confederate industrial and military center of Selma, Alabama, crippling the Confederacy’s remaining war-making capacity.
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Siege of Fort Harrison
The Siege of Fort Harrison was an 1812 attack by Native American forces on a U.S. frontier outpost in Indiana Territory, notable as one of the first American land victories of the War of 1812 and a key engagement in the broader conflict with Tecumseh’s confederacy.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
Target entity: Relief of Knoxville Target entity description: The Relief of Knoxville was an American Civil War Union operation in late 1863 that successfully lifted the Confederate siege of Knoxville, Tennessee.
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A.
Chattanooga Campaign
The Chattanooga Campaign was a series of pivotal American Civil War battles in late 1863 in and around Chattanooga, Tennessee, that broke the Confederate siege of the city and opened the Deep South to Union invasion.
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B.
Fort Donelson campaign
The Fort Donelson campaign was a major early Union offensive in the American Civil War that secured key Confederate forts in Tennessee, opened vital rivers for Northern advances, and elevated Ulysses S. Grant to national prominence.
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C.
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.
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D.
Battle of Selma (1865)
The Battle of Selma (1865) was a late–Civil War engagement in which Union forces under General James H. Wilson captured the Confederate industrial and military center of Selma, Alabama, crippling the Confederacy’s remaining war-making capacity.
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E.
Siege of Fort Harrison
The Siege of Fort Harrison was an 1812 attack by Native American forces on a U.S. frontier outpost in Indiana Territory, notable as one of the first American land victories of the War of 1812 and a key engagement in the broader conflict with Tecumseh’s confederacy.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (46)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
American Civil War engagement
ⓘ
military operation ⓘ |
| belligerent |
Confederate States of America
ⓘ
surface form:
Confederate States (Confederacy)
United States of America ⓘ
surface form:
United States (Union)
|
| combatant |
Confederate States Army
ⓘ
Union Army ⓘ |
| commander |
Major General Ambrose E. Burnside
ⓘ
surface form:
Ambrose E. Burnside
Braxton Bragg ⓘ James Longstreet ⓘ Ulysses S. Grant ⓘ William Tecumseh Sherman ⓘ
surface form:
William T. Sherman
|
| conflict | American Civil War ⓘ |
| country |
United States of America
ⓘ
surface form:
United States
|
| dateContext | late 1863 ⓘ |
| endDate | 1863-12-04 ⓘ |
| followedBy | withdrawal of Longstreet from East Tennessee ⓘ |
| hasMainLocation | Knox County, Tennessee ⓘ |
| historicalPeriod | 1860s ⓘ |
| involves |
Army of the Ohio
ⓘ
Army of the Tennessee ⓘ Longstreet's Corps ⓘ |
| locatedIn |
Tennessee (eastern portion)
ⓘ
surface form:
East Tennessee
|
| militaryFront | Union Western armies ⓘ |
| notableCommanderConfederate |
Braxton Bragg
ⓘ
James Longstreet ⓘ |
| notableCommanderUnion |
Major General Ambrose E. Burnside
ⓘ
surface form:
Ambrose E. Burnside
William Tecumseh Sherman ⓘ
surface form:
William T. Sherman
|
| objective |
to break the Confederate siege of Knoxville
ⓘ
to relieve the Union garrison at Knoxville ⓘ |
| opposedSiegeOf |
Knoxville Campaign
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surface form:
Siege of Knoxville
|
| opposingForce |
Army of Tennessee
ⓘ
surface form:
Confederate Army of Tennessee elements
|
| orderedBy | Ulysses S. Grant ⓘ |
| partOf |
Knoxville Campaign
ⓘ
surface form:
Chattanooga and Knoxville campaigns
Knoxville Campaign ⓘ
surface form:
Knoxville campaign
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| place | Knoxville, Tennessee ⓘ |
| precededBy |
Chattanooga Campaign
ⓘ
surface form:
Battle of Chattanooga
|
| relatedTo |
Battle of Fort Sanders
ⓘ
Chattanooga Campaign ⓘ
surface form:
Chattanooga campaign
Knoxville Campaign ⓘ
surface form:
Siege of Knoxville
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| result |
Confederate siege of Knoxville lifted
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Union victory ⓘ |
| startDate | 1863-11-28 ⓘ |
| strategicImportance |
prevented Confederate recapture of Knoxville
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secured Union control of East Tennessee ⓘ |
| supportedBy | Union forces from Chattanooga ⓘ |
| theater | Western Theater of the American Civil War ⓘ |
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