Appomattox Campaign

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American Civil War campaign military campaign

The Appomattox Campaign was the final series of military operations in the American Civil War that led to the surrender of Confederate General Robert E. Lee’s Army of Northern Virginia in April 1865.

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All labels observed (6)

Label	Occurrences
Appomattox Campaign canonical	45
Appomattox Court House Campaign	2
Appomattox campaign	2
Battles of the Appomattox Campaign	2
General Robert E. Lee's surrender at Appomattox Court House (1865-04-09)	1
surrender of the Army of Northern Virginia	1

Statements (46)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	American Civil War campaign ⓘ military campaign ⓘ
alsoKnownAs	Appomattox Station and Appomattox Court House operations ⓘ
belligerent	Confederate States of America ⓘ United States of America ⓘ
combatant	Army of Northern Virginia ⓘ Army of the James ⓘ Army of the Potomac ⓘ Union Army ⓘ
commandedBy	Robert E. Lee ⓘ Ulysses S. Grant ⓘ
conflict	American Civil War ⓘ
country	United States of America ⓘ surface form: United States
endDate	1865-04-12 ⓘ
endedBy	Appomattox Court House surrender terms agreed by Grant and Lee ⓘ
endedWith	surrender of the Army of Northern Virginia ⓘ
followed	Siege of Petersburg ⓘ Siege of Petersburg ⓘ surface form: Siege of Richmond
hasPart	Battle of Amelia Springs ⓘ Battle of Appomattox Court House ⓘ Battle of Appomattox Station ⓘ Battle of Dinwiddie Court House ⓘ Battle of Five Forks ⓘ Battle of High Bridge ⓘ Battle of Lewis’s Farm ⓘ Battle of Sailor’s Creek ⓘ Battle of White Oak Road ⓘ Third Battle of Petersburg ⓘ
historicalPeriod	American Civil War final operations ⓘ
involves	Confederate forces retreating from Petersburg and Richmond ⓘ Union cavalry under Philip H. Sheridan ⓘ
location	Virginia ⓘ
notableEvent	breakthrough of Confederate lines at Petersburg ⓘ evacuation of Richmond ⓘ
objective	to cut off and destroy the Army of Northern Virginia ⓘ
partOf	Eastern Theater of the American Civil War ⓘ
precededBy	Richmond–Petersburg Campaign ⓘ
primaryConfederateCommander	Robert E. Lee ⓘ
primaryUnionCommander	Ulysses S. Grant ⓘ
result	Union victory ⓘ
significance	led to the effective end of major Confederate military operations in the Eastern Theater ⓘ
startDate	1865-03-29 ⓘ
surrenderDate	1865-04-09 ⓘ
surrenderSignedAt	Appomattox Court House, Virginia ⓘ surface form: Appomattox Court House
theater	Eastern Theater of the American Civil War ⓘ surface form: Virginia theater of the American Civil War
year	1865 ⓘ

Referenced by (53)

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

American Civil War → hasPart → Appomattox Campaign ⓘ

Confederate States of America → surrenderEvent → Appomattox Campaign ⓘ

this entity surface form: General Robert E. Lee's surrender at Appomattox Court House (1865-04-09)

Appomattox Court House, Virginia → battleOrCampaignContext → Appomattox Campaign ⓘ

Union → significantEvent → Appomattox Campaign ⓘ

Army of Northern Virginia → engagedIn → Appomattox Campaign ⓘ

Siege of Petersburg → followedBy → Appomattox Campaign ⓘ

Confederate States Army → significantBattle → Appomattox Campaign ⓘ

Philip Sheridan → notableWork → Appomattox Campaign ⓘ

From Manassas to Appomattox → describesEvent → Appomattox Campaign ⓘ

Army of the Potomac → engagedIn → Appomattox Campaign ⓘ

Appomattox County, Virginia → eventLocation → Appomattox Campaign ⓘ

Eastern Theater of the American Civil War → includesEvent → Appomattox Campaign ⓘ

3rd Brigade, 1st Division, V Corps → engagement → Appomattox Campaign ⓘ

20th Maine Volunteer Infantry Regiment → engagement → Appomattox Campaign ⓘ

44th New York Infantry → engagement → Appomattox Campaign ⓘ

16th Michigan Infantry → participatedIn → Appomattox Campaign ⓘ

Joshua Lawrence Chamberlain → battle → Appomattox Campaign ⓘ

II Corps (Union Army of the Potomac) → engagedIn → Appomattox Campaign ⓘ

Appomattox River → historicallySignificantFor → Appomattox Campaign ⓘ

Petersburg was a major railroad hub supplying Richmond → relatedEvent → Appomattox Campaign ⓘ

Army of the James → engagedIn → Appomattox Campaign ⓘ

Appomattox Station and Appomattox Court House operations → partOf → Appomattox Campaign ⓘ

Appomattox Station and Appomattox Court House operations → alsoKnownAs → Appomattox Campaign ⓘ

Richmond–Petersburg Campaign → followedBy → Appomattox Campaign ⓘ

Battle of White Oak Road → partOf → Appomattox Campaign ⓘ

Battle of Hatcher's Run → followedBy → Appomattox Campaign ⓘ

Battle of Fort Stedman → followedBy → Appomattox Campaign ⓘ

Third Battle of Petersburg → followedBy → Appomattox Campaign ⓘ

this entity surface form: Appomattox campaign

Third Battle of Petersburg → relatedEvent → Appomattox Campaign ⓘ

Battle of Dinwiddie Court House → partOf → Appomattox Campaign ⓘ

Battle of Five Forks → partOf → Appomattox Campaign ⓘ

Battle of Amelia Springs → partOf → Appomattox Campaign ⓘ

Battle of Amelia Springs → hasCategory → Appomattox Campaign ⓘ

this entity surface form: Battles of the Appomattox Campaign

Battle of High Bridge → partOf → Appomattox Campaign ⓘ

Battle of High Bridge → category → Appomattox Campaign ⓘ

this entity surface form: Battles of the Appomattox Campaign

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

Battle of Appomattox Station → partOf → Appomattox Campaign ⓘ

this entity surface form: Appomattox campaign

Battle of Appomattox Station → dayBefore → Appomattox Campaign ⓘ

this entity surface form: surrender of the Army of Northern Virginia

Battle of Lewis’s Farm → partOf → Appomattox Campaign ⓘ

Battle of Lewis’s Farm → relatedEvent → Appomattox Campaign ⓘ

this entity surface form: Appomattox Court House Campaign

Battle of Appomattox Court House → partOf → Appomattox Campaign ⓘ

Battle of Appomattox Court House → endedCampaign → Appomattox Campaign ⓘ

Philip → notableWork → Appomattox Campaign ⓘ

subject surface form: Philip Sheridan

Memoirs of P. H. Sheridan → describes → Appomattox Campaign ⓘ

Union Army campaigns → hasPart → Appomattox Campaign ⓘ

Evacuation Fire of Richmond in 1865 → significantEventFor → Appomattox Campaign ⓘ

John B. Gordon → notableBattle → Appomattox Campaign ⓘ

Federal Army → significantEvent → Appomattox Campaign ⓘ

Northern Army → engagedIn → Appomattox Campaign ⓘ

United States Colored Troops → notableEngagement → Appomattox Campaign ⓘ